Mathematical Fiction is a nice site maintained by Alex Kasman and is an attempt to collect information about all significant references to mathematics in fiction. In september I ordered a pile of novels from this list from Amazon and had an enjoyable read (mostly) since. I’ve mentioned a couple of books already on this blog and at one time had the intention of writing about each book I finished. But, I’m not very good at refereeing/reviewing, so not much came out of this… Still, the MathFiction list is an excellent way to discover authors and books you probably wouldn’t encounter otherwise. So far, I read about 15 novels from the list, focussing on mystery (rather than SF or any other of the categories the list let you choose from). Here is a list of the ten I liked most, in order (with links to the relevant MathFiction page)

1. In search of Klingsor, by Jorge Volpi
   
2. Popco, by Scarlett Thomas
   
3. Lord Byron’s novel ‘The Evening Land’, by John Crowley
4. The Oxford Murders, by Guillermo Martinez
5. Nymphomation, by Jeff Noon
6. The fractal murders, by Mark Cohen
7. Improbable, by Adam Fawer
8. Calculating God, by Robert J. Sawyer
9. The wild numbers, by Philibert Schogt
10. Signal to noise, by Eric S. Nylund

If you are interested in the lives of mathematicians and physicists living around 1940, buy the first one. If not, try the second one and read more about the author here, including her neverending interview…

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Written on Wed, 28 December 2005 at 6:48 pm
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