MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Void Star (2017)
Zachary Mason
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This is a beautifully written and deep work of near-future science fiction about the development of an amazingly powerful sort of artificial intelligence. Two of the characters are mathematical both in name and perspective: Thales is a mathematically inclined Brazilian billionaire who encounters a mysterious AI which calls itself "the mathematician".

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Works Similar to Void Star
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason
  2. River of Gods by Ian McDonald
  3. The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine by Greg Egan
  4. The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
  5. Arcadia by Iain Pears
  6. The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming
  7. White Rabbit, Red Wolf [This Story is a Lie] by Tom Pollock
  8. The Fear Index by Robert Harris
  9. Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
  10. The Anomaly [L'Anomalie] by Hervé Le Tellier
Ratings for Void Star:
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Mathematical Content:
1/5 (1 votes)
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Literary Quality:
5/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreScience Fiction, Adventure/Espionage,
Motif
TopicComputers/Cryptography,
Medium

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Exciting News: The total number of works of mathematical fiction listed in this database recently reached a milestone. The 1,500th entry is The Man of Forty Crowns by Voltaire. Thanks to Vijay Fafat for writing the summary of that work (and so many others). I am also grateful to everyone who has contributed to this website. Heck, I'm grateful to everyone who visited the site. Thank you!

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