MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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Necroscope (Series) (1992)
Brian Lumley
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Harry Keogh is a "necroscope" who can communicate with the dead. So, when omens suggest that the Möbius strip and space-time are going to be relevant to his plans in the near future, he goes straight to the expert and starts a conversation with August Ferdinand Möbius himself. Möbius, it seems, has been occupying his time since dying by doing calculations and visiting distant astronomical locations, but was able to offer his assistance in defeating an evil Romanian vampire in this unusual horror tale that Shane Griffo was kind enough to point out to me.

In later novels in the series, Keogh continues to travel using a higher dimensional technique he learned from Möbius and math makes some more appearances. In Necroscope V, for example, he communicates with the spirit of Pythagoras. And, there is a little bit of math in the author's Vampire World series as well.

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Works Similar to Necroscope (Series)
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Vampire World (Trilogy) by Brian Lumley
  2. Lost in the Math Museum by Colin Adams
  3. Through the Gates of the Silver Key by H.P. Lovecraft / E. Hoffmann Price
  4. The Dreams in the Witch-House by H.P. Lovecraft
  5. A Logical Magician by Robert Weinberg
  6. The Lions in the Desert by David Langford
  7. The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
  8. Geometria by Guillermo del Toro (Writer and Director)
  9. The Ghosts by Lord Dunsany
  10. Grigori’s Solution by Isobelle Carmody
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Mathematical Content:
2/5 (1 votes)
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Literary Quality:
2/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreFantasy, Horror,
MotifHigher/Lower Dimensions, Real Mathematicians, Mobius Strip/Nonorientability,
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)