MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Brain Dead (1990)
Charles Beaumont (writer) / Adam Simon (director)
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A nightmarish, reality bending horror movie about a brain surgeon whose services are obtained to retrieve corporate secrets from the mind of a mathematician who has become a homicidal maniac.

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Works Similar to Brain Dead
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Killing Time by Frank Tallis
  2. Pi by Darren Aronofsky (director)
  3. The Hollow Man by Dan Simmons
  4. Straw Dogs by Sam Peckinpah (Director)
  5. Real Numbers by Liz Kaufman
  6. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
  7. Geometria by Guillermo del Toro (Writer and Director)
  8. Solid Geometry by Ian McEwan
  9. Unknown Things by Reginald Bretnor
  10. The Happening by M. Night Shyamalan (writer and director)
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Categories:
GenreHorror,
MotifEvil mathematicians, Anti-social Mathematicians, Mental Illness,
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MediumFilms,

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Where are the new works of mathematical fiction?: As you can see from this chronological listing, this database includes many works of mathematical fiction for each year from 1990 to 2025. Strangely, only two are listed for 2026, so far. Either less mathematical fiction is being published than in previous years or I'm just having more trouble finding it. If you know of any works of fiction that should be added to this list, especially recently published ones, please let me know. (Keep in mind that I do not include self-published works or children's fiction that just covers elementary mathematical concepts.) Thanks!

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)