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Flatland: The Fourth Dimension, Humor, Satire, Logic Combined Into a Science-Fiction Classic That Has Entertained Generations

Flatland: The Fourth Dimension, Humor, Satire, Logic Combined Into a Science-Fiction Classic That Has Entertained Generations

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Flatland: The Fourth Dimension, Humor, Satire, Logic Combined Into a Science-Fiction Classic That Has Entertained Generations

by Abbott, Edwin A

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NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1954. Textblock very clean and tight; All page edges are straight and sound; Llight wear to the edges and creased corners. 103p.. Reprint. Wraps. Very Good+. Illus. by Map/Diagrams. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback.

Synopsis

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, though written in 1884, is still considered useful in thinking about multiple dimensions. It is also seen as a satirical depiction of Victorian society and its hierarchies.A square, who is a resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, dreams of the one-dimensional Lineland. He attempts to convince the monarch of Lineland of the possibility of another dimension, but the monarch cannot see outside the line. The square is then visited himself by a Sphere from three-dimensional Spaceland, who must show the square Spaceland before he can conceive it. As more dimensions enter the scene, the story's discussion of fixed thought and the kind of inhuman action which accompanies it intensifies.

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SB16810
Title
Flatland: The Fourth Dimension, Humor, Satire, Logic Combined Into a Science-Fiction Classic That Has Entertained Generations
Author
Abbott, Edwin A
Illustrator
Map/Diagrams
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc.
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
1954
Size
8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 &
Keywords
Science Fiction, Romance Science Fiction, Fiction, Dimensions Science Fiction
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Science Fiction;

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