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The Lions in the Desert [MultiFormat]
eBook by David Langford
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eBook Category: Science Fiction/Humor
eBook Description: Two wise-cracking men find that there are shape-shifters among us.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: The Weerde, 1993
Fictionwise Release Date: August 2000
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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [58 KB], eReader (PDB) [26 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [13 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [13 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [63 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [85 KB], hiebook (KML) [57 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [40 KB], iSilo (PDB) [11 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [14 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [42 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [22 KB]
Words: 3602
Reading time: 10-14 min.
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"I thought of a topological method,' he said. 'See, a lion is topologically equivalent to a doughnut ...' "What?' "Well, approximately. A solid with a hole through it--the digestive tract, you know. Now if we translate the desert into four-dimensioned space, it becomes possible to knot the lion by a continuous topological deformation, which would leave it helpless to escape!' I have no higher mathematics, but dire puns were allowed, 'parallel lions' and the like. 'Er, geometrically the desert is approximately a plane,' I suggested. 'With the lions on it. Simply hijack the plane, and ...' He groaned dutifully …
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