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Inside Out (1987)
Rudy Rucker
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Contributed by Vijay Fafat

The story itself is quite disturbing IMO but has the usual zaniness of his other writings. Features quarks as "hypertoroidal vortex rings/loops of superstring", a "cumberquark", "hypertorii with fuzzy fractal surface" and what I think is an eversion of a torus using a fourth spatial dimension.

Originally published in Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 1 ed. George Zebrowski (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-687700-7, Nov '87)

Contributed by Ken Miller

Mr Kasman

Again I have found myself exploring your Mathematical Fiction webpage, and I would like to point out that-

the short story "Inside Out" by Rudy Rucker can also be found in:

Masterpieces of fantasy and wonder / compiled by David G. Hartwell, editor
Publication info: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1989.

I think the above book would be easier to find than the volume you cite.

thank you

Ken Miller

Thank you, Mr. Miller!

Note Added October 2012: Good news for those looking for this story. It is now available for free at the author's Website.

More information about this work can be found at www.locusmag.com.
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  5. The Girl with the Celestial Limb by Pauline Melville
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Categories:
GenreHumorous, Science Fiction,
MotifHigher/Lower Dimensions,
TopicGeometry/Topology/Trigonometry, Mathematical Physics,
MediumShort Stories, Available Free Online,

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