Win a Free Pickover book

Win a free Pickover book if you can solve puzzles presented in the Neoreality science-fiction series.

* Attention: all puzzles have finally been solved (August 8, 2007). Thanks to all who participated. *

On page 79 of my novel The Lobotomy Club, Adam and his girlfriend Sayori are exploring a ziggurat in an alternate reality America. Inside the ancient structure, a woman approaches them and says four italicized words. Adam and his girlfriend never learn what these four words mean. I have already given a free Pickover book to the first person who deciphered the meaning of the words. [This prize has already been taken. Someone solved the mystery!] The Lobotomy Club is here:

The Lobotomy Club

On page 128 of my novel Liquid Earth, people encounter dozens of symbols etched into a tree. The people never seem to understand the message fully, which is written in a sequence of animals including rabbits, butterflies, and horses. I will give a free Pickover book to the first person who deciphers the meaning of the message. e Pickover book to the first person who deciphered the meaning of the words. [This prize has already been taken. Someone solved the mystery!] Liquid Earth is here:

Liquid Earth

On pages 164-165 of my novel Egg Drop Soup, David and Melissa see numerous cryptic symbols on a library wall. The librarian says that no one has deciphered the text. Perhaps the symbols are meaningless. Perhaps not. I will give a free Pickover book to the first person who deciphers the meaning of the message or can prove that they have no meaning. [This prize has already been taken. Someone solved the mystery!] Egg Drop Soup is here:

Egg Drop Soup

On pages 109-111 of my novel Sushi Never Sleeps, Neuron plays a beautiful game with playing pieces placed on a circular board. In the hyperdimensional version, does the first player always win? Justify your answer in a way that game players or mathematicians would accept. [This prize has already been taken. Someone solved the mystery!] Sushi Never Sleeps is here:

Sushi Never Sleeps

On page 191 of my book Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves, we see a dedication at the bottom of the page that starts "To the chordates...." I will give a free Pickover book to the first person who deciphers the meaning of the words coded in numbers. [This prize has already been taken. Someone solved the mystery!] Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves is here:

Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves

If an even digit appears somewhere in the number at the end of this paragraph, you are very lucky, because it means that you will go to a bookstore or library and acquire one of the above books within the next two weeks, and it will change your life. Your number is: .

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