Ad Infinitum
by Mark Halpin
ANSWER: HALF CENTURIES
Trigrams can be assembled as shown to match the enumerations given. Each line describes a plot point from The Neverending Story. Chapters in this book conspicuously begin with the letters A-Z in order. Identifying the chapter which contains each plot point leads to the solution HALF-CENTURIES.
H | ATREYU AND FALKOR ARE CAUGHT IN THE WIND GIANTS' BATTLE |
A | BLUBB MEETS PYORNKRACHZARK, VOOSHVAZOOL, AND GLUCKUK |
L | THE CHILDLIKE EMPRESS ARRIVES AT WANDERING MOUNTAIN |
F | THE MAGIC MIRROR GATE DISPLAYS BASTIAN BALTHAZAR BUX |
C | ARTAX IS LOST IN THE SWAMPS OF SADNESS EN ROUTE TO MORLA |
E | ENGYWOOK ALLOWS ATREYU TO LOOK THROUGH HIS TELESCOPE |
N | BASTIAN FIRST RIDES GROGRAMAN, THE MANY-COLORED DEATH |
T | THE ENCHANTRESS XAYIDE IS CONFRONTED IN HOROK CASTLE |
U | USHTU, SHIRKRY, AND YISIPU CONFER WITH THE "GREAT KNOWER" |
R | THE WEEPY ACHARIS ARE TURNED INTO THE GIDDY SHLAMOOFS |
I | GMORK THE WEREWOLF DIES IN CHAINS AS THE NOTHING NEARS |
E | URGL HEALS THE HUNTER AND HIS NEW MOUNT, THE LUCKDRAGON |
S | HYDORN, HYKRION, HYSBALD, ET AL. TRAVEL AROUND IN CIRCLES |
Upon completing this puzzle, the following set of cards is revealed on the round page: