"AT ONCE A PLAYFUL BRAINTEASER ABOUT GEOMETRY, A POINTED SATIRE OF VICTORIAN MANNERS-AND A STRANGELY COMPELLING ARGUMENT ABOUT THE GREATEST MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE." – The Wall Street Journal This highly entertaining satirical novella, written by English schoolmaster Edwin A. Abbott was first published in 1884, and for more than 100 years has continued to charm readers. A masterpiece of science fiction, it is in actuality a social commentary...

Abbott's best-known work is his 1884 novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions which describes a two-dimensional world and explores the nature of dimensions. It has often been categorized as science fiction although it could more precisely be called "mathematical fiction". With the advent of modern science fiction from the 1950s to the present day, Flatland has seen a revival in popularity, especially among science fiction and cyberpunk fans....

Descubre el mundo fascinante de "Flatland", el clásico de la literatura escrita por Edwin A. Abbott en 1884. En esta novela satírica, Abbott crea un universo plano donde las figuras geométricas planas viven y se relacionan en una sociedad estructurada y rígida.A través de los ojos del protagonista, un cuadrado, exploramos el mundo bidimensional de Flatland y las dimensiones superiores. Abbott utiliza esta exploración para cuestionar la rigidez...

In 1962 John Hubley came to Harvard University as the first teacher of animation in the new Visual Arts Center. It was his idea to make a film based on Edwin Abbott's famous novel about life in a two-dimensional world, Flatland.