This austere skepticism is not so much balanced as. Norman has woken up in a world that seems a lot like his own. He has an ma from the university of ottawa and currently works as a human. Definition from paul glennon s the dodecahedron or a frame for frames. Ottawa author paul glennon takes the metafictional mode of his ggnominated 2005 novel the dodecahedron and adapts it for young readers in bookweird. Paul glennon is the author of the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames, which was a finalist for the 2006 governor generals award for fiction and was selected as one of the globe and mails 100 best books of the year. A regular dodecahedron is an intermediate case with equal edge lengths. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The dodecahedron or a frame for frames by paul glennon.
I had good fun with paul glennons the dodecahedron. A platonic solid composed of twelve pentagonal faces, with three meeting at each vertex. Paul glennon is the author of the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames, which was a finalist for the 2006 governor generals literary award for fiction and was selected as one of the globe and mails 100 best books of the year. The dodecahedron finished im an mp3 junkie, i admit it. Norman jespersvilnius is stuck in the sleepy british countryside with his parents and ultrairritating sister. Paul glennon s the dodecahedron or a frame for frames. Things couldnt be duller until norman finds himself in the middle of the adventure. It was bizarre, globetrotting, genrebending, experimental, philosophical, fun, and written for true bibliophiles.
Images, phrases, characters, and scenarios recur so frequently over these twelve stories that spotting the skewed correspondences becomes a sort of hallucinatory game for the reader, making this wonderful book. Paul glennon s the dodecahedron and chris eatons the grammar architect. Bookweirdest, the final installment of the bookweird trilogy is now available. This series of twelve interlinked stories, structured like a dodecahedron in which each shares five referential sides with its contiguous stories, and thricerepeated phrases create vertices among storytriads, functions like a giant sudoku puzzle and kept me reaching for my pen and subsequently for my computer to track the appearances and. The dodecahedron or a frame for frames quill and quire. The frankenstein murders by kathlyn bradshaw, 12 ratings. Paul glennon author paul glennon is the author of the dodecahedron, which was a finalist for the 2006 governor generals literary award for fiction, and was selected as one of the globe and mails 100 best books of the year, as well as bookweird and bookweirder. May 11, 2011 this austere skepticism is not so much balanced as complicated by a giddy submission to the mystical. See all books authored by paul glennon, including the dodecahedron. Hooked on canadian books distills 25 years of intensive reading ive done the time is how he puts it. Twelve narratives, twelve narrators, twelve genres and twelve fictional worlds collide to spectacular effect in paul glennon s the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames.
Twelve narratives, twelve narrators, twelve genres and twelve fictional worlds collide to spectacular effect in paul glennons the dodecahedron, or a frame for. The dodecahedron or a frame for frames the porcupines quill, 2005 by paul glennon canada, 2005 man, i fucking hated this book. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The discovery of the great dodecahedron is sometimes credited to louis poinsot in 1810, though there is a drawing of something very similar to a great dodecahedron in the 1568 book perspectiva corporum regularium by wenzel jamnitzer. Images, phrases, characters, and scenarios recur so frequently over these twelve stories that spotting the skewed correspondences becomes a sort of hallucinatory game for the reader, making this wonderful book less a collection or novel of linked stories than a puzzle one.
Paul glennon, born in england but resident in ottawa since 1975, has been published in descant, matrix, canadian fiction magazine, and the blue penny quarterly. Paul glennon lives and works in ottawa where he writes metafiction for adults and children. Paul glennon twelve narratives, twelve narrators, twelve genres and twelve fictional worlds collide to spectacular effect in paul glennon s the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames. I had good fun with paul glennon s the dodecahedron. The dodecahedron, or a frame for frames is a kaleidoscopic novel of sorts twelve stories of seemingly different genres cohere into a book of astonishing literary dimension. Images, phrases, characters, and scenarios recur so frequently over these twelve stories that spotting the skewed correspondences becomes a sort of hallucinatory game for the reader, making this wonderful book less a collection or novel of linked stories than a puzzle one whose solution remains.
Its one of the few areas of organization that im anal about. Buy the dodecahedron by paul glennon from waterstones today. It has intersecting pentagonal faces indicated by the 5 in the symbol, and each vertex figure is a pentagram 5 2. Soon as i get a new one, its immediately filed away and categorized by release year, decade, and genre. The dodecahedron, in brief its been months since i read the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames. His collection of linked stories the dodecahedron was nominated for a governor generals award and named as a globe and mail top 100 book for 2007. He won a sunburst award in 2011 for bookweirder, the second book in the. Bookweirder by paul glennon overdrive rakuten overdrive. A true, perfect history of mankind lies elsewhere, inaccessible to man as long as he is led along by his corrupt eyes, touch, hearing, taste, and sense of smell, but perceptible perhaps to the undisturbed motion of the soul. Elevenyearold norman jespersvilnius somehow upsets the weird by inadvertently eating a page from a fantasy novel he is reading. Dodecahedron or a frame for frames by paul glennon, 46 ratings. He says each chapter was to be as selfcontained and whole as any short story.
Bookweird by paul glennon overdrive rakuten overdrive. Cut out each panel along the circle not the pentagon 3. This series of twelve interlinked stories, structured like a dodecahedron in which each shares five referential sides with its contiguous stories, and thricerepeated phrases create vertices among storytriads, functions like a giant sudoku puzzle and kept me reaching for my. He has an ma from the university of ottawa and currently works as a human factors specialist which means that he attempts to encourage software to work the way humans expect it to. Before turning his hands to kids books, paul published a collection of stories. The dodecahedron, or a frame for frames by paul glennon. The dodecahedron, or a frame for frames evening all afternoon. Jun 18, 2010 hooked on canadian books distills 25 years of intensive reading ive done the time is how he puts it. Gurdjieff is the best resource for a deeper understanding of this symbol. This series of twelve interlinked stories, structured like a dodecahedron in which each shares five referential sides with its contiguous stories, and thricerepeated phrases create vertices among storytriads, functions like a giant sudoku puzzle and kept me reaching for my pen and. Any whole number divided by 7 will contain the following numeric progression, usually after the decimal. The dodecahedron or a frame for frames by paul glennon times. The dodecahedron, or, a frame for frames ebook, 2005. Apr 30, 2011 inspired by the deliberate writing constraints of oulipo writers, paul glennon uses a dodecahedron as scaffolding for his collection of short stories the dodecahedron or a frame for frames.
The new short story collection from kevin brockmeier, the view from the seventh layer, is difficult to pigeonhole for these stories defy ready classification. Author paul glennon compares them to a short story cycle, of sorts. Inspired by the deliberate writing constraints of oulipo writers, paul glennon uses a dodecahedron as scaffolding for his collection of short stories the dodecahedron or a frame for frames. Or a frame for frames book online at best prices in india on. The dodecahedron, or a frame for frames is a kaleidoscopic novel. Book listing the dodecahedron the porcupines quill. Apr 29, 2011 i had good fun with paul glennon s the dodecahedron. Like a story cycle, each story would cast a new light on the ones that preceded it, and promote novel like unity of themes. To explain his thinking, glennon uses the metaphor of a dodecahedron. This series of twelve interlinked stories, structured like a dodecahedron in which each shares five referential sides with its contiguous stories, and thricerepeated phrases create vertices among storytriads, functions like a giant sudoku puzzle and kept me reaching for my pen and subsequently for my computer to track the appearances and reappearances of various motifs. Award winners book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new books. Or a frame for frames by paul glennon 2005, paperback at the best online prices at. Fold along each line of the pentagon within the circle 4.
Or a frame for frames by glennon, paul and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A rhombic dodecahedron is a degenerate case with the 6 crossedges reduced to length zero. In some clippings for my article on machine literature, an interview with the creator of amanuensis, software to create books, we read. The dodecahedron by paul glennon fantastic fiction. The second book from the author of how did you sleep. Paul glennon s the dodecahedron was one of the last books that i recommended to just about everyone i knew. Twelve narratives, twelve narrators, twelve genres and twelve fictional worlds collide to spectacular effect in paul glennons the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames. The dodecahedron, or, a frame for frames book, 2005. To help keep our communities safe, all our retail locations are temporarily closed until further notice. He lives in ottawa where he works in the software industry. Oct 10, 2006 the dodecahedron, in brief its been months since i read the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames.
Or a frame for frames by paul glennon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Paul glennon is the author of the award winning bookweird trilogy. Luckily glennon provides an afterword to help the reader out. Or a frame for frames, and bookweirdest, and more on. Ive started writing about it a number of times, but ive had a heck of a time of it obviously. Punch a hole in one of the flaps and hang up for others to see. Paul glennon the dodecahedron or a frame for frames geoff dyer otherwise known as the human condition geoff dyer working the room geoff dyer paris, trance geoff dyer jeff in venice, death in varanasi rebecca west the essential rebecca west john berger bentos sketchbook margaret atwood the penelopiad. Our next keplerpoinsot polyhedron is the great dodecahedron, illustrated at right.
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Apr 27, 2010 a book that deserves a wider audience. A cube can be divided into a pyritohedron by bisecting all the edges, and faces in alternate directions. A couple years ago, i would have said and did say anything by patrick hamilton. He has since published the bookweird trilogy of young adult fantasy novels. Norman has woken up in a world that seems a lot like his own, but with some notable differences. Paul glennon twelve narratives, twelve narrators, twelve genres and twelve fictional worlds collide to spectacular effect in paul glennons the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames. Download the dodecahedron ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Restrict search to only titles where full marc is available. The view from the seventh layer is not strictly or even primarily a work of science fiction.
Paul glennons the dodecahedron or a frame for frames. He was a shortlisted nominee for the relit award in 2001 for his short story collection how did you sleep. To call the dodecahedron paul glennon s second collection would be a little misleading. The concave equilateral dodecahedron, called an endo dodecahedron. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. With its spirit of adventure, bookweirder courts new readers and keeps malcolm and normans devoted fans captivated. Shop amongst our popular books, including 8, bookweirdest, bookweirder and more from paul glennon. He lives in ottawa, where he works in the software industry. Click download or read online button to the dodecahedron book pdf for free now.
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