Infinity symbol in bookbinding to indicate that a book is printed on acid-free paper and will therefore be long-lasting. In modern mysticism, the infinity symbol has become identified with a variation of the ouroboros, an ancient image of a snake eating its own tail that has also come to symbolize the infinite, and the ouroboros is sometimes drawn in figure-eight form to reflect this identification, rather than in its more traditional circular form. In the works of Vladimir Nabokov, including "The Gift" and "Pale Fire", the figure-eight shape is used symbolically to refer to the Möbius strip and the infinite, for instance
The Infinity Concerto The Infinity Concerto The Infinity Concerto () is a 1984 fantasy novel written by Greg Bear. The plot centers around teenager Michael Perrin's search for what is a "Song of Power" and why some think he can create such a thing. Transported to another realm, he discovers beings known as "the "Sidhe" intervened in Coleridge's incomplete poem, "Kubla Khan". They have stopped others from creating "Songs of Power" and now they are looking at him. "The Infinity Concerto" was followed in 1986 by "The Serpent Mage". In 1939, a composer named Arno Waltiri premiered his latest work, Concerto Opus 45: