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>You might want to check out these books too:
>Flatterland by Ian Stewart, a sequel to the classic
>and
>The Annotated Flatland with notes and introduction by Ian Stewart
I'd add to the mix, the Planiverse : computer contact with a
two-dimensional world by A.K. Dewdney.
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0387989161/qid=1119292194/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-2325557-1812130?v=glance&s=books&n=507846>
While Flatland had an initial impact on me as a kid, Planiverse dealt
with the practicalities of a 2D world, such as how a lock would work,
or how creatures would move past each other. Very cool.
-bw.
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