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Author includes the word(s): Jack Vance 2 matches found out of 1679 entries (Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

Sanatoris Short-Cut (1948) Jack Vance A well-written story about a happy-go-lucky character called “Magnus Ridolph”. Magnus was one of those guys who are meticulous in their analyses in one sphere of life while being surprisingly unplanned... (more)

Turjan of Miir (The Dying Earth) (1950) Jack Vance The classic fantasy novel "The Dying Earth" is actually more like a collection of short stories, separate vignettes that share some common features but stand entirely alone. The first of these stories... (more)

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Exciting News: The 1,600th entry was recently added to this database of mathematical fiction! Also, for those of you interested in non-fictional math books let me (shamelessly) plug the recent release of the second edition of my soliton theory textbook.

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)