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(Message started by: rabbits on Aug 1^st, 2011, 12:34pm)

Title: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by rabbits on Aug 1^st, 2011, 12:34pm

I just noticed that a new player mentioned a Jeffery Deaver book as their reference. After a bit of internet searching, I found out that his novel Edge mentions Arimaa on three pages! I'm going to read this book when I have time!

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 1^st, 2011, 2:13pm

Without buying the book, I managed to read one of the passages that mentions Arimaa. It's a wide-ranging discussion of games that doesn't say much about what Arimaa in particular is, but the narrator calls it his favorite game!

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by arimaaphile on Aug 1^st, 2011, 6:24pm

Wow, that's nice. I was actually flirting with the idea to write a short story in which plot revolves around arimaa and Go in order to introduce both games to non-English speaking audience.
J. Deaver's action encourages me to take my desire seriously.

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by rbarreira on Aug 2^nd, 2011, 4:19am

Google books shows three mentions of Arimaa (no spoilers here I think):

http://i54.tinypic.com/6zxawz.png

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by chessandgo on Aug 2^nd, 2011, 4:38am

cool :)

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 2^nd, 2011, 9:28am

On second thought, I have to read this. My local library has eight(!) copies of Edge, all of them checked out(!), but I'm sure I'll get a chance shortly.

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by UruramTururam on Aug 2^nd, 2011, 12:45pm

*Looks around suspiciously*

Who's the author and how did he get to know about us?

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by ocmiente on Aug 5^th, 2011, 1:34am

I picked up a copy at the library a couple of days ago.

Besides mentioning Arimaa a few times, there are also a couple of references to rabbits, or rabbiting - as in running - but I'm sure that it's just a poorly veiled attempt to plug the game some more.

The most interesting part that I've come across so far though, is the mention of Omar.

Quote:

It was Omar, essentially a robotic head and torso, with a few servo motors inside that let him -- well, it --- mimic pretty well the movement and gestures of a human being...

Does the author know something about Omar that we don't?

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by megajester on Aug 5^th, 2011, 2:56am

on 08/05/11 at 01:34:11, ocmiente wrote:

Does the author know something about Omar that we don't?

He's not an Indian-American, he's a Turk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turk)! In which case his name should be "Ömer"... :D

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by mistre on Aug 5^th, 2011, 3:15pm

I heard there is a book out that mentions Arimaa like 300 times and even has Arimaa in the title! I think I will have to check that one out ;)

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by Nazgand on Aug 7^th, 2011, 1:37am

Quote:

The best part about Omar was that he wasn't simply a decoy. Surrounding the robot was a grid of ultraviolet and microwave beams. When Loving or his partner, presumably from a distance, took up position and fired the typical three-burst round into Omar's head, empty and inexpensive replaced, a computer would instantly correlate trajectory, speed and GPS coodinates and indicate on our handhelds where the shooter was, down to three feet.

I've got to get enough motivation to get to the library to read this. :)

Title: Re: Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Post by rabbits on Aug 21^st, 2011, 2:41pm

I bought this book today. There were a bunch of copies at Walmart on a shelf labelled Bestsellers! Who knows when I'll have enough time to read it though...