1, 11, 4, 3, 8, 6, 17, 19, 15, 12, 23, 10, 16, 5, 2, 9, 18, 20, 21, 22, 13, 14, 7, 24
The text and image for each room references an imaginary work of fiction (for example, the imaginary guidebook The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and each image is a “hidden pictures” puzzle containing letters that spell a short cluephrase relating to that work. The works, clues, and answers are:
Referenced work | Hidden clue | Answer | |
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1 | The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism (from 1984) | CH3 TITLE WORD 1 | WAR |
11 | The King in Yellow | LAKE | HALI |
4 | An Imperial Affliction (from The Fault in Our Stars) | HEROINE | ANNA |
3 | The Princess Bride | COUNT | RUGEN |
8 | Necronomicon (from Lovecraft) | ARABIC TITLE W/ AL | AZIF |
6 | Tsui Pên's novel from The Garden of Forking Paths | AUTHOR | PEN |
17 | Tales of the Black Freighter (comic book, from Watchmen) | AUTHOR 1ST NAME | MAX |
19 | "Pale Fire" (poem) | POET | SHADE |
15 | The Red Book of Westmarch (from Tolkien) | AUTHORS WORE IT | RING |
12 | The Unstrung Harp | IMPALED | LIRP |
23 | A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (from The Diamond Age) | 12TH KING | COYOTE |
10 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | EARTH WRITER | FORD |
16 | The Big Board (from Slaughterhouse-Five) | AUTHOR | TROUT |
5 | Half Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery (from Cloud Atlas) | HEROINE | REY |
2 | The infinite book (from The Book of Sand) | PUBLISHER CITY | BOMBAY |
9 | Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with Some Observations upon the Segregation of the Queen (from His Last Bow) | AUTHOR | HOLMES |
18 | Inkheart | PET MARTEN | GWIN |
20 | The Monster Book of Monsters (from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) | AUTHOR | LIMA |
21 | The Neverending Story | TALISMAN | AURYN |
22 | The Navidson Record (from House of Leaves) | BLIND AUTHOR | ZAMPANO |
13 | "The Entertainment" (film, from Infinite Jest) | STAR W/ VAN | DYNE |
14 | Encyclopedia Galactica (from Asimov's Foundation series) | FOUNDER 1ST NAME | HARI |
7 | Machine's Way (from The Dark Half) | PEN NAME | STARK |
WING IN MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS
This is a reference to Prince Wing in the book Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link; the answer is PRINCE.