Listing books by A. K. Dewdney
| Full title | The Planiverse: Computer Contact With a Two-Dimensional World [permalink] |
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| Language | English |
| Author | A. K. Dewdney (author) |
| Publisher | Copernicus |
| Categories | Novel and science fiction |
| Publication year | 2001 |
| Original publication year | 1984 |
| ISBN | 0-387-98916-1 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
| Pages | 246 |
| Synopsis | A group of computer programmers working under a professor discovers that the 2D simulation program they've developed, 2Dworld, is somehow connected with an actual two-dimensional world inhabited by intelligent creatures. They establish contact with Yendred, and through him, they learn a lot about his world. |
| Review | This book is a sort of unofficial sequel to Abbott's famous Flatland, and it's one hell of a riveting read. I'm having a hard time making up my mind as to which of the unofficial sequels (Ian Stewart's Flatterland and Dionys Burger's Sphereland) are the superior; they're all simply really, really good. |
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