Great book for any geeky/math person. It gives you a great sense of the silliness of math sometimes encountered, but there are also undertones of sexism and social status.

Reading this book lead to several days of higher-dimension dreams :) . It is so easy to be complacent about what we see and experience, never questioning other possibilities. This was an eye opener. What if we're like the square or the poor dot? Worse yet, what if we're like the smug sphere who preaches to lower dimensions but can't see beyond his own?

Unless you are a math teacher or enthusiast this book can put you to sleep. I have a lot of respect for mathmeticians, but I don't have the same taste in literature as they do. So for your average teenager who doesn't exactly take delight in going to geometry class everyday, I must say this book isn't for you.

This novella is a geek classic and a great read, but I am not going to review the book here. I am going to review this e-edition of the book.I downloaded many free versions of Flatland and they all lacked the REQUIRED accompanying illustrations. This edition includes all illustrations in the proper format at a great price.

One of the better books I have read. If you notice the parallels to social warfare in book one, you will find it absolutely hilarious. I would suggest this to anyone who likes math. It definitely helped me quite a bit in multivariable calculus.

Keep in mind that this book was written over a hundred years ago, and consider the incredible ground it covers with this little tale: geometry (obviously), physics, government, politics, the clash between the sexes, class structures, manners, human nature, psychology, philosophy and even neuroscience (consciousness)! At first reading, it's deceptively simple, but explain it out loud to someone else and you'll find yourself noticing new things. If something doesn't seem to make sense, ask yourself "why?" This story is an allegory, a metaphor for so many things that fall into disjunct categories. There's a reason for the weird; the "bump" is there to make you take notice. Read it, think about it, give it some time and you'll be on your way to understanding the incredible range of this tiny work.