The Professor certainly foresaw the ramifications of his theory', at least in this interesting-and rather distressing-side-channel of his research.”Īs he chases Moriarty into Flatland, Phillimore finds himself surrounded by a hostile army of isosceles triangles: Not in so many words, you understand, but the concept was buried within if one had the comprehension and the philosophical tools to prize it forth. “Moriarty himself prefigured the possibility of a dimensional transfer engine in his brilliant paper on The Dynamics of an Asteroid. The professor is convinced Sherlock Holmes' arch enemy, the evil mathematician Moriarty, did not die during his fall over Reichenbach Falls but instead, had a similar magical umbrella and is now using it to go through the lands of literature. Deux ex Machina, and thence, a series of adventures follows, ending in Flatland. Phillimore, finds a magical umbrella which can whisk him away to fictional worlds. A list compiled by Alex Kasman ( College of Charleston)Īn English professor, one Mr.
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