Puzzle Palace 2nd edition (1983) Info

I remember that there was some confusion as to the second edition of _The
Puzzle Palace_ by Bamford.  (Sorry if this info has been posted before.  I
did not see a resolution to it.  I may have missed it if it was.)

"I found a copy of _The Puzzle Palace_ 2nd edition!", he said crypticly.

In the Penguin Press printing of _The Puzzle Palace_, it notes that there
is the 1982 edition (published by Houghton Mifflin) and one in 1983
(published by Penguin) with a new afterward.  Since the afterward contains
a fair amount of new information (it looks like a number of FOIA requests
came in after going to press), it is probibly the "Second Edition" of which
Schneier speaks...

Hope that clears things up...

(I am going to see if the dealer I got the book from will give me the info
on where he ordered it.  It was in stock, whereever he got it...)


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At 5:48 AM -0800 12/10/96, Alan Olsen wrote:
>I remember that there was some confusion as to the second edition of _The
>Puzzle Palace_ by Bamford.  (Sorry if this info has been posted before.  I
>did not see a resolution to it.  I may have missed it if it was.)
>
>"I found a copy of _The Puzzle Palace_ 2nd edition!", he said crypticly.
>
>In the Penguin Press printing of _The Puzzle Palace_, it notes that there
>is the 1982 edition (published by Houghton Mifflin) and one in 1983
>(published by Penguin) with a new afterward.  Since the afterward contains
>a fair amount of new information (it looks like a number of FOIA requests
>came in after going to press), it is probibly the "Second Edition" of which
>Schneier speaks...
>
>Hope that clears things up...

No, I fear you are _confusing_ people with this comment.

Yes, there was a 1983 paperbound edition, with a few new items added to the
1982 orginal. Ho hum. (I have both, and have for many years. It was finding
the '92 edition that sparked much of my interest in the NSA, back in 1982.)

What we are waiting for is the _real_ Second Edition, the long-awaited
revising of "The Puzzle Palace." It is expected later this year or next.

--Tim May

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