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Another one I'm reading for Twitch. Abbott is really committed to the world-building of his intellectual exercises here. I think the social satire aspects are under-valued in most analysis of it, which tend to focus on the math. I had fun showing chat a lobster bustle, as the size of the Victorian lady's bustle was at its peak when this was written and there's a whole bit about swaying ladies' backsides for visibility.

This is a fantastic bit of satire! I have no idea how I found it, but I am glad I did! It‘s a scathing indictment of how social structure, women, & the sciences were treated at the time (1884) which are depressingly familiar. I especially loved the interaction between the Sphere and the Square. We always think we‘re the principal view when we are so much smaller than that. Also, not me looking at this & wondering how the hell he got to his room…

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Prompt: Patterns

I‘m posting one book per day from my ever-increasing TBR. No description. No explanation. Just books to read. Join the fun if you want.

Day 80.

#fromthetbrstacks - ebook edition

Flatland is a book that seems innocent enough, but upon closely reading is subject to many different interpretations of what its story is about. The premise is based on trigonometry, but don't be scared by that, its an easy and enjoyable read for any age. It's world building is somewhat sexist in parts. But it was written in 1952 (or at least the Dover copy i have was). It is partly a book of its time, but has become classic that should be read.

L'ho comprato per curiosità, ma mi risulta alquanto difficile entrare nella prospettiva di Flatlandia e dei flatlandesi

It has been in my to read list for a long time and I'm in a weird place about what books to read to finish the year... But I don't know what I think about Flatland. Women as straight dumb lines? Come on...

Adding this to my #TBR stack.
#GreenvilleSC #JoesPlace

“If a man with a triangular front and a polygonal back were allowed to exist and to propagate a still more Irregular posterity, what would become of the arts of life? Are the houses and doors and churches in Flatland to be altered in order to accommodate such monsters?”

#QuotsyNov18 | 29: #Square

📷: Made with Typorama

A really cool little story about a two dimensional square that explores other dimensions. An interesting examination of concepts of dimensions and your place in the world. I was surprised at how long ago it was written.

A clever look at beings existing in other dimensions

So there may have been a trip to McKay's in Nashville, which I highly recommend if you don't want your #bookhaul to break the bank.
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I may have also returned home with an extra special treat--if you can't see the top of the stack, I may have gone and gotten myself engaged. :O
(Not that I really know anyone personally here--I'm just excited and telling everyone who will listen :) )

A quirky, incredibly clever sci-fi about the structure of a society that exists entirely in 2 dimensions. Class and privilege are determined by your shape. The more sides or angles you have the more your power. Women are only straight lines. 😫

Written in the late 19th century, this satire has influenced many thinkers including Sagan and Hawking. I skimmed some of the overly mathy bits but found much to enjoy.

Thanks again, @SerialReader !

Definitely unconventional. Claims to be a romance. #notconvinced!

Does anyone that's read this fancy giving me an opinion? I'm pretty sure it would meet the wording but not the spirit of #Booked2018 #unconventionalromance.

I'll probably read it anyway at some point - my 6th form self would have loved it - but it might be later rather than sooner...

I know this was supposed to be a satire, but I think I need to read an introduction or something that deconstructs it for me. Without the context, I just find it weird. Also, I was never big on geometry in math -- I had an easier time "getting" algebra.

When you catch-up on your goofy science fiction show, Orville, and they mention both Flatland and Jane Austen in the same conversation. 👍

#BookWin

Anybody else get this badge and think, that's sad, that's not nearly enough books?

That was my first thought ⁉️😱📚➕📚➕📚✖️ infinity! (How is there no infinity symbol in emoticons?)

The life of a regular Square is disrupted when a visitor from another dimension arrives in his house. His interactions with this "Space" extra-dimensional alien, plus a visit to the alien's home world, change his perceptions in many ways, with varying results when he returns to his own land and try's to tell others about what he's seen and learned. Both a social satire and a unique geometry lesson. Best read slowly, with the illustrated edition?

I have no idea what I'm reading...its short and I'm hoping it'll make sense soon.

This was a fun novella! At once a satirical commentary on Victorian society and a fascinating exploration of dimensions, Abbott creatively and comprehensively examines worlds of zero, one, two, and three dimensions, and he hints at the implications for four, five, etc. dimensions. I've never read anything like this, and I loved the social satire, the creativity, and our narrator the Square! Thanks @OSChamberlain for posting about it! #serialreader

I have actually known a case where a Woman has exterminated her whole household, and half an hour afterwards, when her rage was over and the fragments swept away, has asked what has become of her husband and her children.

For #weirdbooks I had trouble picking just one. I've always thought Flatland was a bizarre book though. Also included in my weird books are anything by Tom Robbins or Jose Saramago along with S.
#somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

One more picture of the work in progress, just because it's funny to see who becomes "neighbors" when you color coordinate. Christopher Durang, meet Thorton Wilder (you will not get along). Mark Twain and Virginia Woolf? I'd like to be a fly on that wall.

Tag your post with #oddneighbors if you have a good one!

#bookstacks #rainbowstacks

I read this years ago and re-read to all my kids. I seem to remember a version that you could flip and read in reverse, and had either sphere land or maybe cubeland(?) in the reverse/sequel story. Can anyone confirm that?

A short, delightful read before work 😊

This book had me raving for weeks to any poor soul who would listen. Who would have thought that geometry and adventure would make such a perfect couple? Insightful, intelligent, and powerfully creative. Easy to understand with no prior knowledge. A Pilgrim's Progress for mathematics.