MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Alex Detail's Revolution (2009)
Darren Campo
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A teenage genius uses (among other things) knowledge of the Golden Ratio to defeat an alien invasion. Campo handles the description of the math a bit better than some other authors ([cough]...Dan Brown...[cough]) but in the end it is nothing other than a bit of unbelievable mumbo jumbo in an otherwise math-free Sci-Fi adventure.

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Works Similar to Alex Detail's Revolution
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Incandescence by Greg Egan
  2. WWW: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
  3. The God Patent by Ransom Stephens
  4. I Sin Every Number by Jason Earls
  5. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (author) / Ken Liu (translator)
  6. Distances by Vandana Singh
  7. Gallactic Alliance - Translight! by Doug Farren
  8. Time, Like an Ever Rolling Stream by Judith Moffett
  9. Anathem by Neal Stephenson
  10. The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
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Categories:
GenreScience Fiction,
MotifProdigies, Aliens,
Topic
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)