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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Signet Classics)
by Abbott, Edwin A.; Smith, Valerie [Introduction]
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0451529766
- ISBN 13
- 9780451529763
- Seller
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CEDAR GROVE, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Signet Classics, 2005-05-03. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 4x0x6. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. faint spine crease, slight edge wear; Flatland, a place of two dimensions peopled by a hierarchy of geometrical forms, is the home of narrator A. Square, who takes readers along on a tour of his bizarre homeland that provides a hilarious satire on Victorian society with questions about the nature of the universe.
Synopsis
With wry humor and penetrating satire, Flatland takes us on a mind-expanding journey into a different world to give us a new vision of our own. A. Square, the slightly befuddled narrator, is born into a place limited to two dimensions—irrevocably flat—and peopled by a hierarchy of geometrical forms. In a Gulliver-like tour of his bizarre homeland, A. Square spins a fascinating tale of domestic drama and political turmoil, from sex among consenting triangles to the intentional subjugation of Flatland’s females. He tells of visits to Lineland, the world of one dimension, and Pointland, the world of no dimension. But when A. Square dares to speak openly of a third, or even a fourth, dimension, his tragic fate climaxes a brilliant parody of Victorian society. An underground favorite since its publication in England in1884, Flatland is as prophetic a science fiction classic as the works of H. G. Wells, introducing aspects of relativity and hyperspace years before Einstein’s famous theories. And it does so with wonderful, enduring enchantment. With an Introduction by Valerie Smith and a New Afterword by John Allen Paulos
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- Bookseller
- Kayleighbug Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040981
- Title
- Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Signet Classics)
- Author
- Abbott, Edwin A.; Smith, Valerie [Introduction]
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451529766
- ISBN 13
- 9780451529763
- Publisher
- Signet Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005-05-03
- Size
- 4x0x6
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction & Fantasy;
- X weight
- 3 oz
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CEDAR GROVE, West Virginia
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