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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''.
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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 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]]
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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.

See also

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