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From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: Alice books (was: should I be interested in ada?)
Date: 1999/02/25
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In article <645343458wnr@diphi.demon.co.uk> jpt@diphi.demon.co.uk (JP Thornley) writes:

  > Even better, if you can find it, get hold of Martin Gardner's Annotated 
  > Alice book*. It explains lots of those jokes, and includes a detailed 
  > description of the chess moves in the Looking Glass story.

  I have it, but my copy is a first edition, so I don't know if it is
still available, but it should be!  (My favorite is the German version
of Jabberwocky: "Es brillig war, und die schlichte toven,...")

--

					Robert I. Eachus

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