MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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Go, Little Book (1972)
Isaac Asimov
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Combinatorics is used to break a "matchbook code". One of the "Black Widower" mysteries written for Ellery Queen magazine. See also these [2, 3] other BW stories.

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Works Similar to Go, Little Book
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Sixty Million Trillion Combinations by Isaac Asimov
  2. Mirror Image by Isaac Asimov
  3. Getting the Combination by Isaac Asimov
  4. Child's Play by Isaac Asimov
  5. 1 to 999 by Isaac Asimov
  6. Percentage Player by Leslie Charteris
  7. Mathematical Doom by Paul Ernst
  8. Codes, Puzzles & Conspiracy [a.k.a. Dr. Ecco, Mathematical Detective] by Dennis Shasha
  9. The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco by Dennis Shasha
  10. The Ultimate Crime by Isaac Asimov
Ratings for Go, Little Book:
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Mathematical Content:
2.5/5 (2 votes)
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Literary Quality:
2/5 (2 votes)
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Categories:
GenreMystery,
Motif
TopicComputers/Cryptography,
MediumShort Stories,

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