Pawn To Infinity (Mass Market Paperback)

~ Fred Saberhagen (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Ace (June 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441654827
• ISBN-13: 978-0441654826
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,461,638 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pawn to Infinity- The Essence of Good, May 2, 2000

By	"geoffox" (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews

A masterful literary work, truly genius in it's conception. Uniqueness, being the harbinger of any enduring work of literature, is ever-present in this book, inviting the reader to change the way he/she thinks of fantasy, chess, and writing. Simply a necessary piece for any library of the strange and masterful.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for chess lovers., June 24, 1999

By A Customer

I really enjoyed reading this book. I am a chess player and a science fiction lover, and this book was a combination of both. Unfortunately, that probably limits its audience. All the stories are in science fiction mode dealing with the theme of chess. I would really like a hardback issue though.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader, August 3, 2007

By	Blue Tyson "- http://freesf.blogspot.com" - See all my reviews

An anthology of science fiction with a chess and related game theme, from Ambrose Bierce's Moxon's Master to Roger Zelazny's Unicorn Variations.

Pawn to Infinity : The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton - Gene Wolfe
Pawn to Infinity : Unicorn Variation - Roger Zelazny
Pawn to Infinity : The Immortal Game - Poul Anderson
Pawn to Infinity : Midnight by the Morphy Watch - Fritz Leiber
Pawn to Infinity : Unsound Variations - George R. R. Martin
Pawn to Infinity : A Game of Vlet - Joanna Russ
Pawn to Infinity : Without a Thought - Fred Saberhagen
Pawn to Infinity : A Board in the Other Direction - Ruth Berman
Pawn to Infinity : Von Goom's Gambit - Victor Contoski
Pawn to Infinity : Kokomu - Daniel Gilbert
Pawn to Infinity : Moxon's Master - Ambrose Bierce




Robot bad for person inside it.

3.5 out of 5


Mythological species replacement with sasquatch chess master.

4 out of 5


Computers, men, spears and blood rework an old classic.

3.5 out of 5


Short, secondhand inspiration.

3.5 out of 5


Joke victim's alternate timeline chessteam revenge.

4 out of 5


Aiming for the top man.

2.5 out of 5


Berserker fancies a game.

3 out of 5


Four-dimensional game.

3 out of 5


Mystery opening provokes strange things.

3 out of 5


Go houses.

3.5 out of 5


Very angry not-winner.

3.5 out of 5