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'''Fell Swoop''' is the pseudonym of an unidentified rogue mathematician and ''bon vivant'' whose actual identity is the subject of vigorous debate.
'''Fell Swoop''' is the pseudonym of an unidentified author, rogue mathematician, ''bon vivant'' and sociopath whose actual identity is the subject of vigorous debate.
 
== Publications ==
 
=== Beating Number One ===
 
* ''[[Beating Number One]]''
 
=== Vitreous Ethics in the Age of Metal ===
 
"I like Spinoza's view, that the lens grinders were all the better placed to predict silicosis, because they were themselves responsible for it."
 
* ''[[Vitreous Ethics in the Age of Metal]]''
 
See [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1389942293919145986 Post] @ Twitter (5 May 2021)
 
== Associates ==
 
Swoop is widely believed to have some kind of relationship with the unexplained [[Abomynous]] phenomenon.  


== Quotations ==
== Quotations ==
=== Pity and despising ===
"First I pity them.  In time I despise them."


=== Integers ===
=== Integers ===
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"Fucking [[Integer (nonfiction)|integers]].  They think they're ''better'' than other numbers."
"Fucking [[Integer (nonfiction)|integers]].  They think they're ''better'' than other numbers."


=== Tolkein and Vance ===
=== Tolkien and Vance ===
 
"Anyone who likes Tolkien should read [[Jack Vance (nonfiction)|Jack Vance]] instead."
 
=== Ayn Rand and Vance ===


"Anyone who likes Tolkein should read [[Jack Vance (nonfiction)|Jack Vance]] instead."
"Anyone who likes [[Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|Ayn Rand]] should read [[Jack Vance (nonfiction)|Jack Vance]] instead."


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Abomynous]]
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Gash Aptly]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Mathematician]]
* [[Mathematician]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Swordfish panders like a top-shelf whore]] - review of ''Swordfish'' by F. Swoop


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Satire (nonfiction)]]
* [[Satire (nonfiction)]]


== External links ==
== External links ==


=== Social media ===


[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 09:48, 7 June 2024

Fell Swoop is the pseudonym of an unidentified author, rogue mathematician, bon vivant and sociopath whose actual identity is the subject of vigorous debate.

Publications

Beating Number One

Vitreous Ethics in the Age of Metal

"I like Spinoza's view, that the lens grinders were all the better placed to predict silicosis, because they were themselves responsible for it."

See Post @ Twitter (5 May 2021)

Associates

Swoop is widely believed to have some kind of relationship with the unexplained Abomynous phenomenon.

Quotations

Pity and despising

"First I pity them. In time I despise them."

Integers

"Fucking integers. They think they're better than other numbers."

Tolkien and Vance

"Anyone who likes Tolkien should read Jack Vance instead."

Ayn Rand and Vance

"Anyone who likes Ayn Rand should read Jack Vance instead."

See also

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media