The World's Most Difficult Book To Read

Lingua Franca ^ | Lev Grossman

[scouse]

Anyone who understands "Dotted Nipples" should be able to crack this in a week. :^))

[eno_]

I expect some people had time to play rather elaborate jokes. The author must be chuckling, wherever he is now.

[ZOOKER]

Maybe the author was a gov't employee, unsupervised, paid by the page.

Mystery solved!

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

[Maceman]

When they finally figure out how to translate it, the result will be:

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

[Don Corleone]

First draft for "Leaves of Grass"?

[william clark]

Perhaps penned by a bored calligraphy student.

[scouse]

Thanks for the pictures, however #6 is from my old biology jotter when I was at school. :^))

[GSWarrior]

My bad...thought we would be discussing Atlas Shrugged or something.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

[steve-b]

I thought it would be Clinton's "non-fiction" memoir.

[scouse]

They are really fascinating pages.

[scottiewottie]

I was certain that the book was the IRS code, even after reading about "dotted nipples". And yes, in some cases "dotted nipples" are deductable...

[ThreePantherEightyDuce]

William Faulkner is a challenging author to read.

I would prefer torture to then to ever have to read any of Henry James' work again.

[Charles Martel]

When they finally figure out how to translate it, the result will be:

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

I'm betting on:

D-O-N-T-F-O-R-G-E-T-T-O-D-R-I-N-K-Y-O-U-R-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E.

:-)

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

More here.

[Aggie Mama]

That page looks like a 70's cook book. I would title that page "Leek soup in tureens".

[Aggie Mama]

Heh heh heh

[Alouette]

It's a lost, unpublished manuscript by J.R.R.Tolkien!