MathFiction: In Fading Suns and Dying Moons (John Varley)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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In Fading Suns and Dying Moons (2003)

John Varley
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There is an explicit reference not only to mathematics, but to mathematical fiction in this scary short story. When strange creatures with an unusual interest in butterflies begin appearing on the Earth, it takes a mathematician and familiarity with Abbott's Flatland to understanding what is going on.

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Works Similar to In Fading Suns and Dying Moons

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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott
Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe by Dionys Burger
Project Flatty by Irving Cox Jr.
Space Bender by Edward Rementer
The Pythagoras Problem by Trevor Baxendale
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Mathematical Content:
2/5 (1 votes)

Literary Quality:
3/5 (1 votes)

Categories:

Genre	Science Fiction,
Motif	Aliens, Higher/Lower Dimensions,
Topic	Geometry/Topology/Trigonometry,
Medium	Short Stories,

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