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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: (Realized World) Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams
Date: 29 Jan 2025 22:31:33 GMT
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In article <vne8vi$2irki$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>> On 2025-01-29, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>>>> Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams
>>>
>>> On Amazon (USA) I too see a large number of books with that title,
>>> many of them parts of different series, some of which may not be SF.
>> 
>> This opportunity is as good as any to ask a question I've had at
>> the back of my head for some time:
>> 
>> There are many works of pop culture (movies, books as you note)
>> that have titles along the lines of "Knight Moves" and "Night Moves".
>> I assume one of those is a pun on the other, but which one?  What's
>> the underlying original expression?
>> 
>> Yes, I know chess and how a knight moves, but that doesn't seem
>> very relevant.
>
>In this case I think it is.
>
>The Knight Moves project is attempting to replicate teleportation. 
>Kinghts are the only pieces in chess that ignore obstacles.  In a sense 
>they teleport.
>
>But basically I don't think people can resist the lazy pun, Kinght as in 
>(allegedly) noble warrior, night as in darkness.  I'm not sure there is 
>any underlying original expression.
>
>

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