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Expected a goofy pop-sci explainer of dimensionality, did not expect a dystopian conspiracy with the protagonist and his whole family exiled to a prison camp. (thspoilerth!)

We usually gets thrown around as the first of all the 1984's out there, but this has pretty much all the same beats, along with a math/geometry lesson.

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2.0

As a social satire this is a 1, as a story it's a 2, and as a thought experiment it's a four. The understanding that if you live in one dimension you can't even conceive of the other ones and on up the line is the most interesting part of this. Don't think too hard about the logistics of living in two dimensions; it's not the point. But there's really no actual story to it, just lengthy explanations of society and mathematics. Which brings us to the social aspects. I do understand this was meant to be a social satire of the time, but the sheer hatred of women in it was almost unbearable, and the eugenics uncomfortable at best. The book did textually recognize that both were maybe bad or unfair things, a little, but it wasn't nearly enough in the balance.

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funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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adventurous lighthearted

4.0

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