Arcadia novel iain pears6/19/2023 ![]() And though it is clearly derivative of other works, such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Robin Hood, romance novels, and even bits of Kurt Vonnegut, Agatha Christie and the Wizard of Oz, the intricate way these familiar tropes and literary allusions are fit together is actually rather original and works surprisingly well.Īnother work of mathematical fiction to which this bears some similarity is the play by Tom Stoppard of the same name. It involves a British spy brought back from retirement in the 1960s to find a mole, a mathematician in a dystopian future who invents a machine that lets one travel either through times or to different universes, a girl going through a garden gate stored in a basement and ending up in a forest where she is mistaken for a fairy and falls in love with the rightful heir to the throne who is living in hiding with his band of merry men (robbing from the rich, of course) because he is falsely accused of having killed his uncle, and.Īs I said, it is a bit complicated. Note: This work of mathematical fiction is recommended by Alex for literati.Īs this clever novel is intentionally a hodge-podge of genres, it is a bit difficult to describe. (click on names to see more mathematical fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() A list compiled by Alex Kasman ( College of Charleston) ![]()
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