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"Flatland: A romance of many dimensions," by Edwin A. Abbott.

Did Azamov steal this?

123 posted on 09/24/2004 1:00:43 PM PDT by itsahoot (Sometimes the truth hurts, sometimes it makes a difference, but not often.)

You can't steal "Flatland". It's a bit too well known. I read it in high school fourty years ago.

128 posted on 09/24/2004 1:09:52 PM PDT by js1138 (Speedy architect of perfect labyrinths.)

Did Azamov steal this [Flatland]?

Not that I know of. Here is Azimov, writing a forward to a collection of two of Abbott's works ...

February 1994 : Paperback Top Title: Flatland : The Classic Speculation On Life In Four Dimensions/Sphereland : A Continuing Speculation On An Expanding Universe/2 Books in 1 Volume (Everyday Handbook) Author(s): Edwin A. Abbott, Dionys Burger, Foreword by Isaac Asimov ISBN: 0062732765 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
http://books.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c0/c3170.htm?authorid=3907 <-- Link

133 posted on 09/24/2004 1:32:07 PM PDT by Cboldt

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