Re: (Realized World) Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams

Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2025-01-29, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
 

Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams

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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.
William Hyde