Solving Approach
This one works out to about 4.7 letters per word on average. This puzzle leans toward longer words — apostrophes and doubled letters will likely crack it open faster than word length alone. As an easy-rated puzzle, the letter substitutions tend to follow familiar patterns, making it a solid warm-up.
About Ronald Wright
Ronald Wright is a Canadian author and historian renowned for his incisive critiques of Western civilization and human progress. He is best known for his 2004 book "A Short History of Progress," which examines how societies have repeatedly destroyed themselves through unchecked consumption and environmental degradation. Wright's work emphasizes cyclical patterns in history and challenges conventional narratives of inevitable advancement, arguing that civilizations often collapse when they exceed the carrying capacity of their environment.
Did you know? Ronald Wright's novel 'A Scientific Romance' won the David Higham Prize for Fiction in 1997.