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Flatland

By: Edwin Abbott
Narrated by: Kevin Eldon
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A work that still poses provocative questions about perception and reality, Flatland is a brilliant parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth - its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. The amiable narrator, A. Square, provides an overview of this fantastic world - its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs and religious beliefs. But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to the Land of Three Dimensions, his worldview is forever shattered.

Written more than a century ago, Flatland offers an extraordinary animation of dimension, geometry and physical space that continues to resonate in contemporary science.

©2020 Edwin Abbott (P)2020 Penguin Audio Cyberpunk Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire Science Fiction Comedy
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a short read that can be hard to follow but over all its still interesting with loads of parallels that can be drawn to real world ideologies.

An interesting perspective

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