Don't ask me to play. Aint no good. I want research, references and opinions. For an Uplift story I'm trying to promote by occasionally metaphorically whacking our good DR. on the head with a zen two-by-four.
I know all about Eric Frank Russell's martians and their passion for chess. I don't know about any others. Are there any major SF novels where the use of chess by an alien becomes a major plot point? Somewhere I've read that a good english speaking player can think about a game for hours without ever having a single thought in english. Replace english--or anglic with any Civilization of the Five Galaxies language and there's a story line for a certain race that virtually writes itself. (If you want to guess, do it off list.) Also, does anyone use chess or blitzchess as a marital aid? (No, not strip chess.) Can a couple stay mad at each other after a full hour of one minute to move? Let me know what you think. Anything to thin out the percentage of political emails. William Taylor -------------- You stop serving seafood at the castle when for the tenth time you?again hear... "Knight takes prawn." ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
