asimov story?
John H. Jenkins
sea...@seaman.math.uiowa.edu (Walter Seaman) wrote:
>
> Hello. I've been trying to find a short story which I think, but am not
> sure, was written by asimov. It is called (I think) "He built a crooked
> house" and is about the 4th dimension. It might have been written by
> another sci fi author (heinlein? clarke?). Does this story ring any bells
> to anyone? If so, can you tell me a volume/book where it is located. B
It's by Heinlein but is found in Asimov's anthology _Where Do We Go From
Here?_
John H. Jenkins
John_J...@taligent.com
A.M.T. Bell
>Hello. I've been trying to find a short story which I think, but am not
>sure, was written by asimov. It is called (I think) "He built a crooked
>house" and is about the 4th dimension. It might have been written by
>another sci fi author (heinlein? clarke?). Does this story ring any bells
>the way, if you like higher dimensional travel stories, I would most
>definitely recommend "The boy who reversed himself" by william sleator.
>In that story, you end up encountering even higher dimensions. Thanks in
>advance.
>Walter Seaman
Its not an asimov story, it was written by Robert Heinlein. A very funny story IMHO :-)
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Matthew Keller
>Hello. I've been trying to find a short story which I think, but am not
>sure, was written by asimov. It is called (I think) "He built a crooked
>house" and is about the 4th dimension. It might have been written by
>another sci fi author (heinlein? clarke?). Does this story ring any bells
>to anyone? If so, can you tell me a volume/book where it is located. By
>the way, if you like higher dimensional travel stories, I would most
>definitely recommend "The boy who reversed himself" by william sleator.
>In that story, you end up encountering even higher dimensions. Thanks in
>advance.
>Walter Seaman
Heinlein; try his story collection _The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag_.
The story title is "And He Built a Crooked House"
Graham Mark Davison
> It is called (I think) "He built a crooked
>house" and is about the 4th dimension. It might have been written by
>another sci fi author (heinlein? clarke?). Does this story ring any bells
>to anyone? If so, can you tell me a volume/book where it is located.
I think the story was by Larry Niven and is in either _Hole in Space_ or
_Convergent Series_. I could be wrong (and since I'm not at home I can't
check 8) ) but it sounds right to me.
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P Atcliffe
>> It is called (I think) "He built a crooked
>>house" and is about the 4th dimension. It might have been written by
>>another sci fi author (heinlein? clarke?). Does this story ring any bells
>>to anyone? If so, can you tell me a volume/book where it is located.
It's a Heinlein story, and I _think_ it's in "The Unpleasant Profession of
Johnathon Hoag", along with another classic, "All You Zombies".
For those who don't know the tale, it's about an architect who cons a friend
into letting him build a house in the shape of an exploded tesseract. One day
Alexandre Pechtchanski
Seems like Mr. Atcliffe posted from this house and wasn't agile
enough to jump out on first earthquake tremors... Or maybe he just
jumped out of the wrong window? ;-)
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P Atcliffe
Brian Stempien
before is familiar, but I read the story 8 years ago, and the memory isn't
that good!
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Per-Olof Litby - Sun Sweden
I think you are referring to the story by Robert Heinlein called
"...and he built a crooked House". It's about a guy who hires his architect friend to design a new house in the form of a three-dimensional projection of a four-dimensional "tersseract".
The projection collapses and the house becomes four-dimensional. Some interesting things happen. A classic SF story.
/POL
Craig Groeschel
>In article <1993Oct29.1...@news.uiowa.edu>,
>sea...@seaman.math.uiowa.edu (Walter Seaman) wrote:
>> Hello. I've been trying to find a short story which I think, but am not
>> sure, was written by asimov. It is called (I think) "He built a crooked
>> house" and is about the 4th dimension. It might have been written by
>
>Here?_
Ah yes, I read this back in elementary school. Highly recommended.
I wonder if it is still in print? A perfect companion for _The Complete Robot_.
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