Flatland
a romance of many dimensions
by Edwin Abbott Abbott
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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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With an introd. by Ray Bradbury.
The double leaves upon which this work is printed form a continuous sheet, folded accordion style, with the text printed on both sides of the continuous sheet. The leaves are enclosed in a hinged aluminum frame, as issued.
"The seventh book of the Arion Press. The edition is limited to 275 copies for sale"--Colophon.
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