You must not be a Sci-Fi aficionado if you are ignorant of Larry Niven.
http://www.larryniven.org/
Conversely, I have never of Edwin Abbott. However, you can read his
book "Flatland" here: http://abbott.thefreelibrary.com/Flatland
I do not see why an English Schoolmaster and theologian would write a
book in French. Indeed, I cannot find a site that confirms this.
Denys
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Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Flatland was Larry Niven's Ringworld...
Ok, it's friday, so I had to chime in.
I have no earthly idea who Larry Niven is, I have never heard of
Ringworld. I
do know of Freeman Dyson.
But if you want to read a good book, try Flatland by Edwin Abbott. For
Denys,
I believe it was originally written in French.
Flatland is about a two dimensional society. One Flatlander, a Square,
discovers the existence of a third dimension and tries to understand the
problems of higher dimensions.
Imagine a sphere (3 dimensions) crossing the plane of Flatland, (2
dimensions).
Better yet, the book has a sequel Sphereland.
Thanks Art.
Happy Friday.
-Craig
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