On Allyn Codes

One of my readers has asked me a very strange question.

“You know how there’s a code in the Bible?” (Speaking, of course, of The Bible Code, that book of errant nonsense. You can find the same damn stuff in Moby-Dick.) “I bet there’s a code in your work. I bet there’s a code in Ring Around the Sky. Can you check?”

So what have I done? I’ve spent some time trying to find a Bible Code (or Torah Code) program that (1) is a freeware download, and (2) will search a plain text file that isn’t the fucking Bible. Like, say, a plain text file of Ring.

If anyone knows of such a statistical program — because that’s what it is, a statistical analysis — drop me a line. If there’s any sort of message — “Tiggers rule the world,” let’s say — I’d be absofuckinglutely gobsmacked.

Hmm. I can almost see the algorithms in my mind. They’re there, flirting at the edge of consciousness. Almost. :/

I don’t think there are any Allyn Codes in my corpus of work. I really don’t.

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A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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