Hey Fred - that was interesting - I've never read that Heinlein book. I must
look for it now.....Pam
>And the old memory banks reminded me that Robert A.
>Heinlein wrote about a version of "solid chess" in
>"Starman Jones"--circa 1949 or thereabouts. In the
>book, our hero, Max Jones plays a 3D chess and talks
>about a version that his uncle played that was 4D
>(somehow involved a way of doing hyperspace jumps for
>your pieces).
>
>So, it's much older than Star Trek!
>
>Fred Kiesche