# Help id. this book about a 2D universe (not Flatland) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-book-about-a-2d-universe-not-flatland/352145 "2006-04-10T21:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-book-about-a-2d-universe-not-flatland/352145/1 "2006-04-10T21:52:29Z")
I’m trying to remember the title of a book I once read that was set in a 2-dimensional universe. It wasn’t _Flatland_ (though I’ve read that one, too). The universe was sort of sliced vertically, rather than horizontally as in _Flatland_, and tried to explain realistically how life in such a universe could work. The basic plot was about some computer programmers that somehow managed to contact a creature from this universe and follow him around as he explained things. I read it when I was taking Physics in High School, so it must have been written before 1990. Any ideas what book this could be? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-book-about-a-2d-universe-not-flatland/352145/2 "2006-04-10T21:55:42Z")
[The Planiverse](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0387989161/104-3577131-7674324?v=glance&n=283155) what do I win? 😃 (great book, btw) ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-book-about-a-2d-universe-not-flatland/352145/3 "2006-04-10T21:59:01Z")
Wow, that was quick. That’s it. Thanks! Your prize is the satisfaction of a job well-done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-book-about-a-2d-universe-not-flatland/352145/4 "2006-04-10T22:50:21Z")
Other books on the same theme: [Flatland - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland#Works_by_other_writers)