magi@deepthot.UUCP (David Wiseman) (03/26/84)
Dr. Dewdney and his publisher would like to thank Peter Trei
for his review of *The Planiverse*. For those of you who
missed it, here are the details of the book itself.
The Planiverse (Computer contact with a two-dimensional
world). by A.K. Dewdney. Poseiden Press (1984). $9.95,
267 pp., trade paperback. 0-671-46363-2 (-4 for hard-
back). Prices are different in Canada.
There has been a lot of confusion concerning the *reality*
of Arde and the planiverse. We hope that the following
information, garnered from Dr. Dewdney -- with quotes from
several associates, helps to clarify the situation.
We spoke with Dr. Dewdney recently in order to get the horse
to talk. In response to critisms of the price of the book,
Dr. Dewdney was heard to mumble something about high-quality
fiction and state-of-the-art book design. He states that
he has consistently refused to supply the publishers, or
anyone else, with a copy of the program 2DWORLD (TOPS-10
version). He did, however, have the following to say about
the book:
WARNING: The events described in "The Planiverse"
did NOT, repeat, did NOT actually take
place.
If I *ever* claimed that the events related in *The
Planiverse* really happened, I would lose my job faster
that you could say *Yndrd*.
Other quotes we received were as follows:
The book is not a hoax. No, honestly, I believe every
word of it.
- Douglas Adams
In response to all of the requests I have had for
2DWORLD I must state, on the network, that I DO NOT
HAVE THE SOURCE!!
- Magi, UWOCS System Manager, R&D Systems
We hope that this article has been of some use in alleviat-
ing some of the confusion that has existed since the uncov-
ering of this research project. For those of you who might
be interested in corresponding with Dr. Dewdney, he can be
reached via UUCP as
...!utzoo!uwo!deepthot!yndrd
or ...!watmath!deepthot!yndrd
but does not promise to reply to everything either fast or
at all.
--
President, Yndrd Fan Club
Department of Computer Science
The University of Western Ontario