MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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Mathemagics (1996)
Margaret Ball
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This novel continues the adventures of characters developed in the "chicks in chainmail" series of anthologies. As the title implies, in these fantasy stories about a suburban mom who lives the life of a warrior in an alternate reality, mathematics is magic. Specifically, magical incantations take the form of mathematical equations!

Contributed by Allen Kapusta

I particularly liked the "math puzzle" chapter numbers (each chapter number is represented by a formula similar to those found on some "geek clocks" ).

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Works Similar to Mathemagics
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Threshold by Sara Douglass
  2. Conjure Wife (Dark Ladies) by Fritz Leiber
  3. Counting the Shapes by Yoon Ha Lee
  4. Mathemagics by Patricia Duffy Novak
  5. Your Magic or Mine by Ann Macela
  6. Phantom by Terry Goodkind
  7. The Last Page by Anthony Huso
  8. Black Numbers by Dean Frank Lappi
  9. Operation Chaos / Operation Changeling by Poul Anderson
  10. A Logical Magician by Robert Weinberg
Ratings for Mathemagics:
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Mathematical Content:
2.75/5 (4 votes)
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Literary Quality:
3.75/5 (4 votes)
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Categories:
GenreFantasy,
MotifFemale Mathematicians,
Topic
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)