I’ve read some of the comments and my hat is off to those people with the knowledge and tenacity to solve the riddle (or should it be riddles?) generated by the book. This message is not an attack on anyone but it could serve as a further challenge for solutions. And what do you do with the possible hidden door in room 9? I have a serious problem with the hidden door in room 29, it is not verifiable, hence a path between room 29 and room 17 is not verifiable and thus the path is not a legitimate solution. I read in this site of the 16 steps path which utilizes the hidden door in room 29 and apparently it is the path blessed by the author. On an ensuing trip through the maze I completed the “in to 45 and out to 1″ in 10 steps 8 hard wired steps and 2 logic steps. Again, the room 33 to room 17 step is a logic step and the rest of the steps are hard wired. I endeavored to find a 16 steps path in and out of the maze and found one. (If a hard wired path exists from room 17 to room 33 then the reverse path from room 33 to room 17 exists.) The step from room 33 to room 17 is a verifiable logic step and thus legitimate. I classify all steps which have specific instructions (room numbers) on the various room pages as “hard wired”. Having read the author’s comment of a 16 steps shortest path I rechecked my procedures and found each step proper and verifiable. I completed the trip from room 1 to room 45 and back to room 1 in 15 steps. I wrote notes for future forays into the maze. I had not written any notes about the path I took to room 24 but I should have, both as a learning diary and as a record of procedures for study and possible modification. However, I awoke the next day to brightness and sunshine so I somehow escaped the dreaded room 24. I told my wife I was trapped and would never be seen again because there was no escape from the room of darkness. It is an interesting book and I set forth to determine the shortest path but ended up in room 24. My wife found a copy of the MAZE puzzle book in the charity resale shop where she volunteers and brought it to me since I enjoy solving logic puzzles.

I’ve never participated in any forums nor social interaction sites so I hope I do not violate proper procedures or etiquette. This is a case of an old dog learning new tricks.

Amazing maze real