The story describes a two-dimensional world inhabited by geometric figures (flatlanders ); women are line segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of … See more

Men are portrayed as polygons whose social status is determined by their regularity and the number of their sides, with a Circle … See more

In Flatland, Abbott describes a society rigidly divided into classes. Social ascent is the main aspiration of its inhabitants, apparently granted to everyone but strictly controlled by the … See more

Flatland did not have much success when published, although it was not entirely ignored. In the entry on Edwin Abbott in the See more

Numerous imitations or sequels to Flatland have been created. Examples include:
Films and TV
• Flatland (1965), an animated short film based on the … See more

• Physicists and science popularizers Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking have both commented on and postulated about the effects of Flatland. Sagan recreates the thought experiment as … See more

• The Dot and the Line
• Fourth dimension in literature
• Gödel, Escher, Bach
• The Planiverse See more