207 Results with the "Science Fiction" genre
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In this chapter of "Flatland," the narrator finds himself grappling with how to share his extraordinary experiences in other dimensions without alarming his wife. Unwilling to expose her to the unbelievable truths, he fabricates a story about accidentally falling through a trapdoor, relying on her sensible nature not to probe too deeply. His own mind, however, remains deeply unsettled by these encounters, leading him to seek solitude to process everything. While attempting to mentally construct the Third…-
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In this segment of "Flatland," the Sphere introduces the narrator, a Square, to the concept of three-dimensional objects by illustrating how a solid figure, such as a cube, is formed through the stacking of squares, challenging the Square's perception limited by his two-dimensional experience. Despite the Sphere's efforts, the Square initially perceives the cube merely as a plane figure with irregular boundaries, highlighting the difficulty of comprehending dimensions beyond one's own perceptual…
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The 18th section of "Flatland" narrates the protagonist's extraordinary journey from the two-dimensional world of Flatland to the incomprehensible realms of Spaceland, under the guidance of a Sphere from this strange world. Overwhelmed initially by a sensation that defies his understanding, the narrator encounters a reality far beyond his comprehension: the existence of a third dimension. Guided by the Sphere, he quickly transitions from terror to awe as he is introduced to the concept of three dimensions,…
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How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds. It was in vain. I brought my hardest right angle into violent collision with the Stranger, pressing on him with a force sufficient to have destroyed any ordinary Circle: but I could feel him slowly and unarrestably slipping from my contact; not edging to the right nor to the left, but moving somehow out of the world, and vanishing into nothing. Soon there was a blank. But still I heard the Intruder's voice. Sphere. Why will you refuse to…
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SECTION 16 How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland
As soon as the sound of the Peace-cry of my departing Wife had died away, I began to approach the Stranger with the intention of taking a nearer view and of bidding him be seated: but his appearance struck me dumb and motionless with astonishment. Without the slightest symptoms of angularity he nevertheless varied every instant with graduations of size and brightness scarcely possible for any Figure within the scope of my experience. The thought flashed across me that I might have before me a burglar or…-
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You are being provided with a book chapter by chapter. I will request you to read the book for me after each chapter. After reading the chapter, 1. shorten the chapter to no less than 300 words and no more than 400 words. 2. Do not change the name, address, or any important nouns in the chapter. 3. Do not translate the original language. 4. Keep the same style as the original chapter, keep it consistent throughout the chapter. Your reply must comply with all four requirements, or it’s invalid. I will…
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Thinking that it was time to bring down the Monarch from his raptures to the level of common sense, I determined to endeavour to open up to him some glimpses of the truth, that is to say of the nature of things in Flatland. So I began thus: "How does your Royal Highness distinguish the shapes and positions of his subjects? I for my part noticed by the sense of sight, before I entered your Kingdom, that some of your people are lines and others Points; and that some of the lines are larger --" "You speak of…
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It was the last day but one of the 1999th year of our era, and the first day of the Long Vacation. Having amused myself till a late hour with my favourite recreation of Geometry, I had retired to rest with an unsolved problem in my mind. In the night I had a dream. I saw before me a vast multitude of small Straight Lines (which I naturally assumed to be Women) interspersed with other Beings still smaller and of the nature of lustrous points--all moving to and fro in one and the same Straight Line, and,…
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This passage from Flatland presents a satirical critique of a rigid social structure, where the "Circles" enforce the belief that a being's configuration (the shape of their body) is central to their identity and behavior. The doctrine of Configuration implies that people's moral and social actions are determined by their geometric shape, rather than free will or effort. The Circles believe that deviations from perfect regularity—such as an Isosceles triangle with unequal sides—lead to undesirable…
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Flatland is known to only one living person—the Chief Circle, for the time being. Upon his deathbed, he passes the secret to none but his Successor. Only one manufactory produces it, and to prevent the secret from being betrayed, the workers are annually consumed, and fresh ones are introduced. The terror that our Aristocracy feels when they recall the far-distant days of the agitation for the Universal Colour Bill is immense. It is high time I move from these brief and discursive notes about life in…
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