The stories end differently but are both entertaining as determined by our discussion. " Go figure, I bring up Flatland as at dinner to generate some intelligent discussion and I m surprised that my daughter just watched the movie, Kristen Bell as A. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.How amazing and frightening would it be to have the certainty of 'this is all there is' tossed out and replaced by a suddenly larger perception of what is possible?" The author shows in a very elegant way how deeply we cling and operate in what we perceive to be our reality. Flatland was one of many books that have done it to me. "I like to believe that as avid readers we've all had those moments where our worldview has changed after reading a particularly amazing book. There were also a number of short films, including one narrated by Dudley Moore and another with with Martin Sheen entitled Flatland: The Movie. One was a feature film in 2007 called Flatland. The novel remains popular today and several films have been made from the story. In a foreword to one of the many publications of the book, noted science fiction author Isaac Asimov described Flatland as The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions. However, the book's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science-fiction novel.
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