MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Globión's Whimsical Shape (La Caprichosa Forma de Globión) (1999)
Alejandro Illanes Mejía
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Contributed by Octavio Augustin

It is a tale about the quest of the inhabitants of Globión to find the true shape of their home planet. It also explains in a crystal-clear way some very abstract notions of topology of surfaces, and gives an interesting view of the impact of scientific discoveries among the people (perhaps too optimistic).

This Mexican book was published in Spanish by Fondo de Cultura Económica in 1999 and so far as I know has not been translated into any other languages.

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Works Similar to Globión's Whimsical Shape (La Caprichosa Forma de Globión)
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. The Kissing Number by Ian Stewart
  2. The Inverted World by Christopher Priest
  3. Perelman's Song by Tina Chang
  4. Summer Solstice by Charles Leonard Harness
  5. Chaos in Wonderland: Visual Adventures in a Fractal World by Clifford Pickover
  6. Conversations on Mathematics with a Visitor from Outer Space by David Ruelle
  7. Turing (A Novel About Computation) by Christos Papadimitriou
  8. Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe by Dionys Burger
  9. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott
  10. Dude, can you count? by Christian Constanda
Ratings for Globión's Whimsical Shape (La Caprichosa Forma de Globión):
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Mathematical Content:
5/5 (1 votes)
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Literary Quality:
3/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreScience Fiction, Didactic,
MotifAliens,
TopicGeometry/Topology/Trigonometry,
MediumNovels,

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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)