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Chess Morality XII: Piece-Makers. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝George Duke wrote on Thu, Aug 7, 2008 11:29 PM UTC:
Gelman cites Farmer's 1967 ''Riders of the Purple Wage'' with respect to Betza's ''Worth Than Worthless.'' By coincidence, in our collection and used here is the same P.J. Farmer's chessic quote from novelette 'Sail On, Sail On' as introduction: ''Black and White, they presented a solid Chessboard of the seemingly empty cosmos....'' Test question: Is ''As live as a bird and dead as a stone'' Simile or Metaphor?