See also C.S. Lewis's Eckwards and Andwards in (I think) The Dark Tower (unfinished...)
Could you point me to a convenient or accessible link to Vafa or Wesson, btw?
Cheers!
To read Wesson's theories (and others challenging Kaluza/Klein), click here - in particular, you may be interested in his Five Dimensional Relativity and Two Times.
For Vafa's f-theory, click here.