What If Everything You Knew Was Flat? Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions isn’t just a quirky title from the 19th century. It’s a mind-bending, perspective-shifting tale that’s as strange as it is clever—and it hits harder than you might expect. Originally published in 1884, this slim little book pulls off something that few stories manage: it makes math feel like philosophy and turns geometry into satire. In a world where everything is two-dimensional, a humble square begins to question everything he's ever known. What if there’s more than height and width? What if the truth is being kept hidden—by society, by religion, by fear? Yeah. It goes there. This isn’t just a story about shapes. It’s about people, power, and the walls (or, in this case, lines) that hold back new ideas. Abbott may have written this in the Victorian era, but the way he skewers class, ignorance, and blind faith hits home even now. Some people read Flatland for its mathematical metaphors. Others for its dry wit. And a few just want to see a square get schooled by a sphere. Whatever your reason, once you get into it, it sticks with you. For Sci-Fi Fans Who Like Their Concepts Raw If you're into the kind of science fiction that doesn’t hold your hand—where the idea itself is the adventure— Flatland belongs on your shelf. It was challenging reality long before interdimensional travel became cool. Think pre-Asimov , pre-Orwell , and still holding its own. No aliens, no warp drives—just a radical idea dropped into a rigid world, and the fallout that follows. It’s not about lasers. It’s about limits. The kind you can’t always see. What You’ll Get With This Edition Original 1884 Classic - Detailed Author’s Biography – Learn about Edwin A. Abbott: a theologian, scholar, and lowkey rebel with a pen. - Political Fiction - Sized at 5 x 8 Inches - Matte Cover - White Paper A Word from the Publisher At IBIS PRESS, we treat classic works with the care they deserve. Every book we release holds to the original as closely as possible—no rewrites, no revisions, no filters. Just the author’s voice, just the way it was meant to be read. When you pick up one of our editions, you’re not just buying a book. You’re keeping history alive.