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− | '''''The Planiverse''''' (ISBN 0387989161) is a novel by [[A. K. Dewdney]], written in 1984. In the spirit of [[Edwin Abbott Abbott]]'s ''[[Flatland]]'', Dewdney and his students designed a vertical 2D world (i.e. East-West and Up-Down, no N-S) and considered the issues of [[biology ]] and [[society]] for the inhabitants. To their surprise, they find their artificial 2D universe has accidentally become a means of communication with an actual 2D world. Written as a [[travelogue]], the protagonist Yendred crosses the world to reveal its features. The book has much more practical design and less [[social commentary]] than ''Flatland''. | + | '''''The Planiverse''''' (ISBN 0387989161) is a novel by [[A. K. Dewdney]], written in 1984. In the spirit of [[Edwin Abbott Abbott]]'s ''[[Flatland]]'', Dewdney and his computer science students designed a vertical 2D world (i.e. East-West and Up-Down, no N-S) and considered the issues of [[biology]] and [[society]] for the inhabitants. |
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+ | To their surprise, they find their artificial 2D universe has accidentally become a means of communication with an actual 2D world - ''Arde''. They make contact with Yendred, a highly philosophical Ardean, as he begins a [[rite of passage]] of Ardean society - "The Journey". Written as a [[travelogue]], the protagonist Yendred crosses the world to reveal its features. The book has much more practical design and less [[social commentary]] than ''Flatland''. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Flatland]] | * [[Flatland]] | ||
+ | * [[Creatures]] | ||
{{Geometry-stub}} | {{Geometry-stub}} |
Revision as of 00:50, 24 June 2006
The Planiverse (ISBN 0387989161) is a novel by A. K. Dewdney, written in 1984. In the spirit of Edwin Abbott Abbott's Flatland, Dewdney and his computer science students designed a vertical 2D world (i.e. East-West and Up-Down, no N-S) and considered the issues of biology and society for the inhabitants.
To their surprise, they find their artificial 2D universe has accidentally become a means of communication with an actual 2D world - Arde. They make contact with Yendred, a highly philosophical Ardean, as he begins a rite of passage of Ardean society - "The Journey". Written as a travelogue, the protagonist Yendred crosses the world to reveal its features. The book has much more practical design and less social commentary than Flatland.