
a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
Author includes the word(s): Geoffrey A. Landis4 matches found out of 1585
entries
(Note: This page not the entire list of works of
Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)
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Approaching Perimelasma (1998) |
 | Geoffrey A. Landis |
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As part of a planned experiment, a man falls into a black hole and escapes through a wormhole. (Don't worry, it is only a backup copy of his mind on an artificial body specifically designed for this task.)... (more) |
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Ouroboros (1997) |
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The question of whether what we call "reality" could be nothing other than a simulation run on a computer gets a mathematically sophisticated treatment in this story. In addition to a vague reference... (more) |
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Ripples in the Dirac Sea (1988) |
 | Geoffrey A. Landis |
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A time machine story based on a combination of Hilbert's Hotel analogy and the "Fermi Sea". We read of the travels of the main character to the ancient past, to the San Francisco earthquake and to the... (more) |
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Snow (1998) |
 | Geoffrey A. Landis |
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An apparently schizophrenic, homeless woman sells her body to get herself and her infant off the street on a cold night. Only at the end of this extremely short story do we realize that the imaginary... (more) |
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Exciting News: The total number of works of mathematical fiction listed in this database recently reached a milestone. The 1,500th entry is The Man of Forty Crowns by Voltaire. Thanks to Vijay Fafat for writing the summary of that work (and so many others). I am also grateful to everyone who has contributed to this website. Heck, I'm grateful to everyone who visited the site. Thank you!
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