Works Similar to The Dreams in the Witch-HouseĪccording to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one: Works of mathematical fiction, return to the Homepage.) More information about this work can be found at en. Note that this was apparently filmed for a TV series called `Masters of Horror'' in 2005. He repeatedly refers to ``other dimensions'' which can be accessed somehow by elaborate calculations and at one point the protagonist is said to be ``near the boundary between the known universe and the fourth dimension'' with his calculations, thus showing a lack of understanding of both geometry and relativity. The mathematics is a jumble of buzzwords from Special and General Relativity, but do not show comprehension on the author's side: Lovecraft seems to be confused about the difference between the physical content of the theories of relativity and their mathematical formulation in differential geometry. Apart from this, the story is reasonably well written and can still give a little chill. The math/geometry is an excellent idea but not central to the story.Īs in many of Lovecraft's stories, here again the basic idea is already given on the first pages and discarded as rumor and superstition, only to be verified in the end. Now 27 years later I still think its a great story and one of HPL's best.

He dies aįirst read this story when I was 13 and have read it several times since. To connect his mathematical studies with the magic of Keziah Mason. Walter starts to have strange dreams and happenings as he In Arkham, Mass, rents a room in the famed haunted 'Witch House' of KeziahĪ witch who legend says escaped being burned at the stake by opening a gate intoįourth dimension. In this story, Walter Gilman, a mathematics graduate student at Miskatonic (click on names to see more mathematical fiction A list compiled by Alex Kasman ( College of Charleston)

Lovecraft dreams in the witch house