David Howe wrote on Sat, May 30, 2009 04:50 PM UTC:
It's always nice to hear John William Brown's name mentioned. He is a true innovator and I highly recommend his book Meta-Chess to any chess variant designer. Adjectives for the book: well thought out, imaginative, innovative, and methodical! One of these days I'm going to get my copy of Meta-Chess bound as a hardcover (it is currently comb-bound).
On that note, I will also say that I do not know if and when his updated edition of Meta-Chess is coming out. Anyone out there know?