With wry humor and penetrating satire, Flatland takes us on a
mind-expanding journey into a different world to give us a new vision of
our own. A. Square, the slightly befuddled narrator, is born into a
place limited to two dimensions--irrevocably flat--and peopled by a
hierarchy of geometrical forms. In a Gulliver-like tour of his bizarre
homeland, A. Square spins a fascinating tale of domestic drama and
political turmoil, from sex among consenting triangles to the
intentional subjugation of Flatland's females. He tells of visits to
Lineland, the world of one dimension, and Pointland, the world of no
dimension. But when A. Square dares to speak openly of a third, or even
a fourth, dimension, his tragic fate climaxes a brilliant parody of
Victorian society. An underground favorite since its publication in
England in1884, Flatland is as prophetic a science fiction classic as
the works of H. G. Wells, introducing aspects of relativity and
hyperspace years before Einstein's famous theories. And it does so with
wonderful, enduring enchantment.
With an Introduction by Valerie Smith and a New Afterword by John Allen
Paulos