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Reminds me very much of the Masquerade book in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book)

Rygian 2y ago
I initially confused the title with Maskerade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskerade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskerade
JKCalhoun 2y ago
That's right. Masquerade by Kit Williams [1] was a phenomena in 1979 - a book of weird illustrations that somehow contained a puzzle as to where a golden hare was buried. Even a fifteen year-old living in Kansas at the time was drawn to it, got caught up in it. The golden hare was found after a few years — the whole story of the hare and its finding are well documented in the book by Bamber Gascoigne, Quest for the Golden Hare [2]. The account is a fun read: why Kit decided on buried treasure, how he went about creating the artwork/puzzle, the adventure of burying the rabbit.... But far and away the most fascinating bit describes the various treasure-hunters that then came after the hare. The party that solved the puzzle did not find the hare. The party that dug it up had not solved the puzzle. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book) [2] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1176887.Quest_for_the_Golden_Hare https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1176887.Quest_for_the_Go... Short summary of the whole escapade here: https://youtu.be/3yaHBdhIsCo https://youtu.be/3yaHBdhIsCo
- glimshe 2y ago
  And here is a very well written summary: https://www.filfre.net/2016/05/kit-williamss-golden-hare-part-1-the-contest/ https://www.filfre.net/2016/05/kit-williamss-golden-hare-par...
joncrocks 2y ago
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplex_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplex_City
- NikkiA 2y ago
  And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimania

Rygian 2y ago

I initially confused the title with Maskerade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskerade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskerade

JKCalhoun 2y ago

That's right. Masquerade by Kit Williams [1] was a phenomena in 1979 - a book of weird illustrations that somehow contained a puzzle as to where a golden hare was buried. Even a fifteen year-old living in Kansas at the time was drawn to it, got caught up in it. The golden hare was found after a few years — the whole story of the hare and its finding are well documented in the book by Bamber Gascoigne, Quest for the Golden Hare [2]. The account is a fun read: why Kit decided on buried treasure, how he went about creating the artwork/puzzle, the adventure of burying the rabbit.... But far and away the most fascinating bit describes the various treasure-hunters that then came after the hare. The party that solved the puzzle did not find the hare. The party that dug it up had not solved the puzzle. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book) [2] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1176887.Quest_for_the_Golden_Hare https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1176887.Quest_for_the_Go... Short summary of the whole escapade here: https://youtu.be/3yaHBdhIsCo https://youtu.be/3yaHBdhIsCo

glimshe 2y ago
And here is a very well written summary: https://www.filfre.net/2016/05/kit-williamss-golden-hare-part-1-the-contest/ https://www.filfre.net/2016/05/kit-williamss-golden-hare-par...

joncrocks 2y ago

Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplex_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplex_City

NikkiA 2y ago
And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimania