MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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Visitors from Oz : The Wild Adventures of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodsman (1999)
Martin Gardner
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You wouldn't believe it, but the famous popular math writer produced a sequel to the Oz books in which Dorothy travels to New York City through a Klein bottle (built out of two Mobius strips by the same fellow who built the Tin Man). I have not read the book, but it apparently involves a mathematical puzzle of some sort.

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According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
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  2. The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics by Norton Juster
  3. Matrices by Steven Nightingale
  4. Mysterious Mysteries of the Aro Valley by Danyl McLauchlan
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  6. After Math by Miriam Webster
  7. Numbercruncher by Si Spurrier (writer) / PJ Holden (artist)
  8. The Mathematician’s Nightmare: The Vision of Professor Squarepunt by Bertrand Russell
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  10. Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory by Rudy Rucker
Ratings for Visitors from Oz : The Wild Adventures of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodsman:
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Mathematical Content:
4/5 (1 votes)
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Literary Quality:
2/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreHumorous, Fantasy,
MotifMobius Strip/Nonorientability,
TopicGeometry/Topology/Trigonometry,
MediumNovels,

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