Spaceland: A Novel of the Fourth Dimension
by Rudy Rucker
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Author: Rudy RuckerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-04
ISBN: 0765303671
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Tor Books
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Book Review: A good exposure to the fourth dimension, but...
Summary: 3 Stars
It is clear that Rucker has read Edwin Abbott's "Flatland," and bases his story loosely on it. Even his choice of "Joe Cube" as the hero's name (a cube is the 3-dimensional analog of a square, and Abbott's hero was literally a square!) is an allusion to Abbott's book. It is really hard to write why I did not like the book without giving away the ending, however. My biggest problem is that, early on in the book, you decide on "good guys" and "bad guys," but in reading the whole book, you end up having to change your earlier assignment of those roles, in a way I find unnerving.I read this book at about the same time as Ian Stewart's "Flatterland." Both are in a sense alike in being fictional sequels to "Flatland," though Stewart's book is more closely resemblant to Abbott's original. This book is more of an adventure, while Stewart's is more didactic in terms of conveying a good impression of the spaces it treats; it also covers more varieties of spaces than this book. I rather prefer Stewart's book, though I can imagine that people more interested in the novel aspects may reverse this preference.
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