8.0058 Rs: All the Flatland-ers (with an e-pointer) (5/77)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sat, 11 Jun 1994 00:11:03 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 8, No. 0058. Saturday, 11 Jun 1994.


(1) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 07:10:42 EDT (10 lines)
From: Eric.Rabkin@um.cc.umich.edu
Subject: Flatland inquiry

(2) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 21:16:22 +0800 (CST) (10 lines)
From: Gerard Gautier <gauier@cc.nsysu.edu.tw>
Subject: Re: 8.0052 Qs: Recogniter; Flatland; Libraries; Rhetoric

(3) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 08:53:57 -0700 (PDT) (12 lines)
From: Joseph Jones <jjones@unixg.ubc.ca>
Subject: Flatland

(4) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 12:00:42 -0400 (EDT) (33 lines)
From: John Merritt Unsworth <jmu2m@jefferson.village.virginia.edu>
Subject: Re: 8.0052 Qs: Recogniter; Flatland; Libraries; Rhetoric

(5) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 20:14:34 +0100 (GDT) (12 lines)
From: Maurizio Lana <lana@rs950.cisi.unito.it>
Subject: thanks for Flatland query

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Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 07:10:42 EDT
From: Eric.Rabkin@um.cc.umich.edu
Subject: Flatland inquiry

>Flatlandia is
> the title of a book by someone, between 1800 A.D. and now; anyone can
> help ?

_Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions_ by Edwin A. Abbot (writing
as A Square), 1884, available now as a Dover pprbk. Very amusing.
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Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 21:16:22 +0800 (CST)
From: Gerard Gautier <gauier@cc.nsysu.edu.tw>
Subject: Re: 8.0052 Qs: Recogniter; Flatland; Libraries; Rhetoric

To my knowledge, it is from a Science-Fiction book of Edwin E. Abbott
I remember the title (in french translation) but know no more,


Gerard Gautier in Taiwan

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Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 08:53:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joseph Jones <jjones@unixg.ubc.ca>
Subject: Flatland

The reference desired is probably:
Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926 - Flatland : a romance of
many dimensions
First published in the 1880s and many times since.
I don't see your friend's e-address, Maurizio Lana, so
I just cc to you.
Joseph Jones jjones@unixg.ubc.ca
University of British Columbia Library
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Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 12:00:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Merritt Unsworth <jmu2m@jefferson.village.virginia.edu>
Subject: Re: 8.0052 Qs: Recogniter; Flatland; Libraries; Rhetoric

_Flatland, Or a Romance of Many Dimensions_, with Illustrations by the
Author, A. Square (Edwin A. Abbott), second edition 1884.



To
The Inhabitance of SPACE IN GENERAL
And H.C. IN PARTICULAR
This Work is Dedicated
By a Humble Native of Flatland
In the Hope that
Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries
Of THREE DIMENSIONS
Having been previously conversant
With ONLY TWO
So the Citizens of that Celestial Region
May aspire yet higher and higher
To the Secrets of FOUR FIVE or EVEN SIX Dimensions
Thereby contributing
To the Enlargment of THE IMAGINATION
And the possible Development
Of that most and excellent Gift of MODESTY
Among the Superior Races
Of SOLID HUMANITY

A veronica search will turn up flatlant.txt, 197Kb file that contains
the whole text of the book.

John Unsworth
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Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 20:14:34 +0100 (GDT)
From: Maurizio Lana <lana@rs950.cisi.unito.it>
Subject: thanks for Flatland query

Many many thanks to you all Humanists who helped me and Jeremy !
The messages were flowing, almost submerging us...
Nearly impossible to say thanks to everyone.
Maurizio

Maurizio Lana - CISI, Universita' di Torino
lana@cisi.unito.it fax: 39 11 899 5577