Can you find the hidden six-letter word?
Below are, in chronological order, six extracts from written works, both fiction and non-fiction, with a bearing on cryptography or intelligence.
Five of these are taken from the beginning of the work in question, and one is from the beginning of a chapter.
You will need to decode all six extracts and identify the works. Once you have all the answers, you need to find the hidden six-letter word.
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PCS YDHWJP IWT HDC DU CJC HTCI ILD BTC HTRGTIAN UGDB HWXIIXB PH HEXTH, HPNXCV, "VD, KXTL IWT APCS, THETRXPAAN YTGXRWD." |
| 2 |
BUCZ ZSULP UNF H DFCQLUDQSE UC HCQHBUDZ XHQT U BL. XHAAHUB ASNLUCE. TS XUP FI UC UCDHSCQ TVNVSCFQ IUBHAZ, UCE TUE FCDS RSSC XSUAQTZ; RVQ U
PSLHSP FI BHPIFLQVCSP TUE LSEVDSE THB QF XUCQ. |
| 3 |
TDSARK TZC MRRB KRZNRC ODJ KDAR TDPJK HB KHSRBYR UHNT THK SDBF, NTHB MZYE YPJQRC DQRJ Z YTRAHYZS QRKKRS HB UTHYT TR UZK MJRUHBF Z GZJNHYPSZJSW
AZSDCDJDPK GJDCPYN. |
| 4 |
PIR ZCRKLEZD IZDORO BRZCZN ZDFPIRK EQH FS EFSSRR ZDO NZLO,
"UIW OFD'P WFQ MF GZEA ZDO NBRRH? UR EZD KLDM WFQ LS IR NIFUN QH." |
| 5 |
LG LZR RJ FLNB KPJVCQCJG LIJUR RSB QBZPBR CGRBDDCHBGZB QBPVCZB LGA RSB HJVBPGFBGR ZJFFUGCZLRCJGQ SBLAMULPRBPQ, CGZDUACGH KPJVCQCJG TJP RSB
CQQUB JT WLPPLGRQ LGA LURSJPCQLRCJGQ. |
| 6 |
QP ZIC NQXPJPG QD UCBPCYBET, 15 QAZQSCX 1586, WFCCP NEXT CPZCXCB ZIC AXQUBCB AQFXZXQQN EZ DQZICXJPGIET AEYZMC. |
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