MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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The Poison Master (2003)
Liz Williams
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This is one of those fantasy novels in which mathematics and magic are intertwined. As usual, it is nice to see mathematics portrayed as being simultaneously powerful and beautiful...but there isn't much more to the role of mathematics than that.

The plot follows Alivet Dee, inhabitant of a planet where humans are controlled by a demonlike enemy. The plans of her distant ancestor, the famous mathematician and alchemist John Dee, eventually join up with her own plans to free her sister from slavery.

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Works Similar to The Poison Master
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Threshold by Sara Douglass
  2. Counting the Shapes by Yoon Ha Lee
  3. El Troiacord by Miquel de Palol
  4. Coyote Moon by John A. Miller
  5. The Dark Lord by Patricia Simpson
  6. Voyage of the Shadowmoon by Sean McMullen
  7. A non-Euclidean story or: how to persist when your geometry doesn’t by Rami Luisto
  8. The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin
  9. The Incredible Umbrella by Marvin Kaye
  10. Little People by Tom Holt
Ratings for The Poison Master:
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Mathematical Content:
2/5 (1 votes)
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Literary Quality:
3/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreFantasy,
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MediumNovels,

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Exciting News: The 1,600th entry was recently added to this database of mathematical fiction! Also, for those of you interested in non-fictional math books let me (shamelessly) plug the recent release of the second edition of my soliton theory textbook.

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)