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Summary: This book was insane.
Review: When I read this book in geometry class, i never knew that someone would wast so much time to write a book like this. Is this guy nuts? This man just rammbled on. He wrote about thirty pages of story, and about fifty pages of pure junk. When the author is trying to make a point he starts to trail off and starts to talk about things that have nothing to do with what the book's about. I thought I was going to go crazy, until i got to part two of the book. Part two is the actual story of the book. It was interesting about how other worlds in the book were. I like the way he described them. I also like how he took the way these people acted in the different lands and showed how close-minded some people are to new ideas. I also liked how he put in the color revolt. It was my favorite part of the book. In conclusion, I honestly wish i had never read this book. I'm glad it was only 82 pages long.
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Summary: A great book to get you thinking!
Review: As a geometry teacher, I really enjoyed Flatland... and my students have, too! It's very easy to understand and really gets you thinking about what life would be like in a 1 and 2 dimensional world.
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Summary: Cute little story
Review: Don't waste your money on any edition but the Dover... this tiny (80 p.) allegory makes some good points. A fun sci-fi classic.
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Summary: Enjoyable, thought provoking, philosophical, spiritual
Review: At first it seems difficult to follow Abbots thinking as he described lines, triangle, squares, and other shapes as people. The writing style is English and some words have different meanings today. Finally, at the end you discover a deeper spiritual influence. It is thought provoking, indeed.
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Summary: A good one for people who enjoy math and sci-fi
Review: I just have to add to the previous comments with this similar opinion: it was fun and very interesting. A short novel about shapes that have some very human qualities, such as our hierarchy. Worthwhile.
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Summary: This book really gets your brain working on 4d
Review: This book really gets your brain wandering about multiple dimensions I don't enjoy very much the first part (talking about life in 2d) The interesting part is where the author talks about our life in 4d.
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Summary: Exploration
Review: Behind the 19th century english text is mind-boggling exploration through life on various dimensional planes from the perspective of a square that ultimately is liberated from his two- dimensional realm.
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Summary: Great!
Review: Abbott has more visibility and insight into current social structures, intellectual development and spiritual awareness than most of our current "masters". I was introduced to Flatland many years ago and it has been an inspiration for many new thoughts and ideas since. The book is easy to read and understand, at first, lending credence to the epigram "the more we know the less we understand". I recommend Flatland to all those who have any questions regarding socially accepted paradigms of intellect, spiritual awareness and just plain fun. Chuck Mackarness
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Summary: A "key" to understanding the concept of 4 plus dimensions!
Review: This book has helped me explain dimensions to my middle school math students. Using the worlds of "Flatland" and "Lineland" from Abbott's story, it is easier to conceive of a fourth dimension existing. Wow! What an eye opener!
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Summary: highly imaginative, and full of analogies
Review: Abbott makes you wonder, with the analogies that he uses, about the higher dimensions.
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