In article <127c824f6y3nj.26v2yfeue5s3$.
d...@40tude.net>,
Brian M. Scott <
b.s...@csuohio.edu> wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 01:51:38 +0000 (UTC), Tim McDaniel
><
tm...@panix.com> wrote
>in<news:mpjt3a$t4a$
1...@reader1.panix.com> in
>rec.arts.sf.written:
>
>> Carrie Vaughn, _Kitty Saves the World_ (a Kitty Norville
>> novel)
>
>> Just came out.
>
>For most of us, I suspect, it will be out on Tuesday.
>
>> Not much I can say about this without getting spoilery.
>> I think its quality and style is up there with the rest
>> of the series.
>
>Well, you could mention that it [redacted]
Which I considered to be a major spoiler
(and trying to minimize further spoilers here for those who, like me,
have little self-control. Of course I am being overpicky by redacting
even what you've already posted.)
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hagvqvarff), vg vzcyvrf gung NYY gur nagntbavfgf ner rvgure qrfgeblrq
be fb pbapyhfviryl qrsrngrq gung gurve eriviny pnaabg or rkcrpgrq.
Lbh znl bowrpg gung gur gvgyr nybar gryyf lbh gung, ohg V qvfnterr.
Gur gvgyr pbhyq ersre gb fbzr bgure npgvba. Nsgre ernqvat gur vageb
vagreivrj, V jnf guvaxvat gung fnivat gur jbeyq pbhyq zrna n pher sbe
ylpnaguebcl naq inzcvevfz. Be znlor nabgure guerng: vg jbhyq unir
orra vagrerfgvat, sbe rknzcyr, vs Xvggl naq Qhk Oryybehz unq unq gb
pbbcrengr ntnvafg n guerng gb gurve erfcrpgvir cynaf. Be jung V jnf
rkcrpgvat zber: Xvggl zvtug unir qrsrngrq Qhk Oryybehz, ohg Pnrfne
zvtug unir snyyra onpx ba nabgure png'f cnj. Tbq xabjf jr'ir frra
frevrf tbvat gb uvture yriryf (cntvat Qbp Fzvgu) be trggvat nabgure
nagntbavfg.
Tvira ubj Pneevr Inhtua jebgr va guvf frevrf, vg nyfb vzcyvrf gung
rirelguvat ryfr jnf tbvat gb or cerggl zhpu jenccrq hc gbb.
Gung'f npghnyyl zl pbzcynvag, n "sevqtr gubhtug", V'ir unq nobhg gur
obbx. Nsgre znal obbxf bs ohvyqvat grafvba naq ohvyqvat fgnxrf, V
guvax gurer pbhyq unir orra naq fubhyq unir orra zber qrabhrzrag.
Znlor na ragver obbx -- sbe rknzcyr, tbvat qbja gb fznyy-fpnyr guerngf
naq ceboyrzf naq fubjvat ubj Xvggl abj unf gur fgeratgu gb qrny jvgu
gurz? Be ng yrnfg frireny puncgref. Vafgrnq, Pneevr frrzf gb zr gb
unir znqr gbb terng na rssbeg gb gvr bss nofbyhgryl rirel guernq, zbfg
bs gurz vafgnagyl. Zbfg oyngnagyl, V frr nofbyhgryl ab ernfba jul
[anzr] jnf xvyyrq cneg jnl guebhtu. Nf sbe gur raqvat: guvegl-bar
cntrf orgjrra gur svany raq bs gur obff svtug naq gur raq bs gur abiry
cebcre. Gung jnf bar-gragu bs gur sbhegrragu obbx va gur frevrf.
Naq gur negvsnpg vagebqhprq va n cerivbhf obbx unq orra qvfcynlrq
nobir gur znagyr zbhagrq ba n pneira cnary ynoryyrq "Purxbi'f Tha".
Naq gelvat gb oevat gbb zhpu bs n unccl raqvat. Uryy, rira Pbeznp unf
n cebfcrpg bs trggvat n tveysevraq! Abg gb zragvba gur svany ovg jvgu
Xvggl -- gung jnf nzbat gur zbfg yvgreny [eurgbevpny svther ryvqrq]
V'ir frra, naq V cenpgvpnyyl tebnarq.
Va pbagenfg, tvira ubj gvql rirelguvat ryfr jnf unaqyrq, gjb eryngrq
ybbfr raqf jrer rfcrpvnyyl tynevat. Bapr Pbeznp yrnearq ubj gur obff
svtug raqrq, ur nofbyhgryl jbhyq unir tbggra n zrgny qrgrpgbe naq n
obng, naq fgnlrq hagvy ur'q cbyvprq gur oenff.
So, not as satisfactory as I'd have liked.
And I just realized that the above is encoded in a Caesar alphabet.
How very apt.
--
Tim McDaniel,
tm...@panix.com