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The Blind Geometer (1987) |
| Kim Stanley Robinson |
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This short novel lives up to its name: it really is about a blind
geometer! Carlos Oleg Nevsky was born blind and ``since 2043'' has
been a professor of mathematics at GWU. We get some interesting
discussion... (more) |
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The Memory of Whiteness (1985) |
| Kim Stanley Robinson |
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Far in the future of the human race, the brilliant mathematician Holywelkin discovers a new physical theory that allows us to understand particle physics and build the amazing "whitsuns" which in turn... (more) |
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A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions (1991) |
| Kim Stanley Robinson |
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This work of speculative fiction is not a traditional work of fiction with a plot and characters, but reads more like an essay about the chaotic nature of reality which includes some alternative histories... (more) |
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The Years of Rice and Salt (2002) |
| Kim Stanley Robinson |
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This alternative history is based on the assumption that the Great Plague
of the 1300s that decimated Europe's population was much worse, and that
it in fact led to the extinction of almost all of... (more) |
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