The Blind Geometer
"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
Carlos Nevsky is a blind professor of solid geometry who discovers that his new colleagues are manipulating him for sinister purposes.
Reception
"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
- ^ 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
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