false 6271668 1 <i>Distances</i> is fascinating far-future science fiction, set in a desert city. For Anasuya, mathematics was experiential, a sixth sense that bared before her the harmonies, natural and artificial, that formed the sub-text of the world. So when mathematicians from the planet Tirana, 18-light-years-distant, ask Anasuya's help in solving a series of equations, she finds the new geometrical space they present her with intriguing. But as she explores the new space, she soon comes to suspect that it represents an actual physical system, and that the equations she is ebing asked to solve have a significance the Tiranis are concealing. <p> This is a story of intrigue, science, and art, rich with emotional and social exploration. 6455004 15 12 2008 Distances: A Novella (Conversation Pieces Vol. 23) total:2|5:1|3:1| 2 8 5 0 0 0 false false Fri Sep 11 08:50:06 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:50:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 06 20:58:41 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 20:58:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 04 07:28:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 19:09:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 19:08:01 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:52:20 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 28 19:08:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 17:46:11 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 05:33:07 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6271668