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The Blind Geometer 
Summary
"The Blind Geometer" is a 1986 science fiction story by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson. It was published by Asimov's Science Fiction.
Plot summary edit
Carlos Nevsky is a blind professor of solid geometry who discovers that his new colleagues are manipulating him for sinister purposes.
Reception edit
"The Blind Geometer" won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1987,[1] and was a finalist for the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Novella.[2]
The Los Angeles Review of Books considered that the story "amply demonstrates Robinson’s hard-SF credentials".[3] Strange Horizons, however, felt that it was "ambitious but awkward", with an "uneven mix of perceptual philosophy and conspiracy thriller."[4]
References edit
- ^ The Blind Geometer, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved May 20, 2018
- ^ 1988 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved May 20, 2018
- ^ Alternative Californias: the Best of Kim Stanley Robinson, reviewed at Los Angeles Review of Books; published September 16, 2011; retrieved May 20, 2018
- ^ The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson, edited by Jonathan Strahan, reviewed by Niall Harrison, at Strange Horizons; published March 28, 2011; retrieved May 20, 2018