by Edwin A. Abbott · Laertes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475848327
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«Planilàndia» is the social satire and science fiction novel by Edwin A. Abbott, published by Laertes in paperback, 130 pages, in Catalan.
Planilàndia, a two-dimensional world, has a society hierarchized by geometric shape: from irregular triangles to wise circles. The narrator travels to worlds of one and three dimensions whose inhabitants are unaware of other dimensions, including time. The novel uses mathematics as a satire of elitism and social rigidity.
Number 60 of the L'Arcà collection, second edition of 2011. Work originally published in English in 1884; this edition is in Catalan.
Recommended for readers of science fiction and classic satire, and for those who enjoy mathematics applied to fiction.
Edwin Abbott Abbott was an English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884).
