The Planiverse: Computer Contact With a Two-Dimensional World
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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.
Table of contents
- Preface to the Millennium Edition
- 2Dworld
- Arde
- A House by the Sea
- On Fiddib Har
- Walking to Is Felblt
- City Below Ground
- The Trek
- The Punizlan
- Institute
- Traveling on the Wind
- High on Dahl Radam
- Drabk the Sharak of Okbra
- Higher Dimensions
- Ardean Science and Technology
- Acknowledgments