MathFiction: Big Numbers (Alan Moore / Bill Sienkiewicz)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Big Numbers (1990)

Alan Moore / Bill Sienkiewicz
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This comic book (written by Moore and illustrated by Sienkiewicz) was planned as a 12 issue series with a mathematics theme. Unfortunately, due to a lack of cooperation by the artist (and also a substitute artist) the series never got past issue 2. Rumors suggest that Moore may be arranging a television mini-series of Big Numbers.

Contributed by Marco Abate

Unfortunately never completed, this story would have combined chaos theory, the Mandelbrot set and ordinary life in Northampton, UK. The first two issues are fascinating and tantalizing; who knows what the whole work would have been if completed.

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According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:

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Strange Attractors by Charles Soule (author) / Greg Scott (Illustrator)
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Storm: The Chronicles of Pandarve by Martin Lodewijk (writer) / Don Lawrence (artist)
Il Lemma di Levemberg by Marco Abate (writer) / S. Natali (artist)
The Adventures of Topology Man by Alex Kasman
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Ratings for Big Numbers:

Ratings

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Mathematical Content:
1.5/5 (2 votes)

Literary Quality:
4/5 (2 votes)

Categories:

Genre	Science Fiction,
Motif
Topic	Chaos/Fractals,
Medium	Graphic Novel/Comic Book/Manga,

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(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)