Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 00:19:47 09/16/99
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On September 11, 1999 at 02:08:46, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>On September 10, 1999 at 23:06:27, Pete Galati wrote:
>
>>The last time someone recommended a book "How Computers Play Chess" by David
>>Levy and Monty Newborn, it turned out to be out of print! But if you go to the
>>"resource center" there's a lot of good links. I've got a few things collected
>>on my web page at http://members.xoom.com/avochess/avochess.htm but the resource
>>center probably has many more than I do. I think somewhere in there there's a
>>link with lists of publications.
>>
>>A good small program that pretty much only comes as code is Tom Kerrigan's TSCP,
>>there's allot of links going to Tom's page (I have a link to it) is a good thing
>>to get hold of for a code example.
>
>"Out of print" is a permanent problem when trying to find books on computer
>chess, almost all of the books on the subject are out of print.
>
>Used book stores will often surprise you, they'll sometimes have a book on this
>subject. Also, some school libraries might have a few. And there is always
>amazon.com.
>
>The Levy book has been in print more recently than most, it may be fairly easy
>to find.
>
>bruce
The internet has made it a lot easier to find copies of out of print
books. For example I searched for the Levy book at http://www.bookfinder.com/
and it found four copies at prices from $12-15 (plus shipping).
James B. Shearer
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