MTA (More Trouble Ahead) nicknames

[Jonathan Lighter]

I can't remember the anthology, Jesse, except that it was published by Doubleday around 1959.  "Fantastica Mathematica" sounds very much like something I need to look into.

Wasn't there a sequel to Abbott's "Flatland" written about twenty years back ?  "Sphereland" or something ?

Anyone who hasn't read "Flatland" must do so soonest.

JL

Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:55:25PM -0800, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> Wow, Wilson, you read "A Subway Named Moebius" ? I read it
>in an anthology about 1960. I thought it was the weirdest,
>greatest story ever written ! I was afraid to ride the
>subway for a long time afterwards.

That was extremely great. Was the collection _Fantasia
Mathematica_? Which also contained a number of other
SF and math-related great things. I should find that
again.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED


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