He was a shortlisted nominee for the relit award in 2001 for his short story collection how did you sleep. Oulipo is a group of mostly french authors who create literature based on highly arbitrary constraints of their own making. Fold along each line of the pentagon within the circle 4. 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. Death, chaos, sorrows, existence, occultism current label. 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. 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. Ill get back to that, but first a word from the french. Cut out each panel along the circle not the pentagon 3. Aug 10, 2006 so i will tell you instead about a book i loved, paul glennons the dodecahedron yes, i mentioned it months ago. To understand the structure of this solid better, it will help to observe that it is built around a regular dodecahedron, and the final figure is inscribed in a. For example, the instructions in this document stipulate that students should create 1 side as the title, 3 sides for vocabulary, 3 sides for characters, 3 sides for important story events.
Not so the abbess of the convent where she trained and served until the 32nd. The second book from the author of how did you sleep. The dodecahedron, or, a frame for frames book, 2005. Ive started writing about it a number of times, but ive had a heck of a time of it obviously. The dodecahedron, or, a frame for frames ebook, 2005. A tetartoid also tetragonal pentagonal dodecahedron, pentagontritetrahedron, and tetrahedric pentagon dodecahedron is a dodecahedron with chiral tetrahedral symmetry t. For the characters in these stories life is a board game to which we have. It has intersecting pentagonal faces indicated by the 5 in the symbol, and each vertex figure is a pentagram 5 2. A regular dodecahedron or pentagonal dodecahedron is a dodecahedron that is regular, which is composed of 12 regular pentagonal faces, 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 mail s 100 best books of the year. The interplay between stories allows this flow to exist on glennons printed page.
The regular dodecahedron is the third in an infinite set of truncated trapezohedra which can be constructed by truncating the two axial vertices of a pentagonal trapezohedron. Tolkien edited by humphrey carpenter is 502 pages including the index. Oct 31, 2012 paul glennon s the dodecahedron was one of the last books that i recommended to just about everyone i knew. Paul glennon s the dodecahedron or a frame for frames. Posted in letters from the porcupette the interns blog tagged barbara sibbald, margaret gracie, paul glennon, plastic, short fiction, short stories, the dodecahedron, the museum of possibilities leave a comment.
Paul glennon makes a commanding debut with a writing style that is both quirky and elusive. A platonic solid composed of twelve pentagonal faces, with three meeting at each vertex. Dodecahedron instructions each panel represents a part of. Specifically, it is about the freedom and fluidity of words before they are captured in writing. Oct 10, 2006 the dodecahedron, in brief its been months since i read the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames. 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. Well, the dodecahedron has twelve faces, so wed better watch out, right.
He goes on to describe a novel based on the geometry of the dodecahedron. Paul glennon the dodecahedron paul glennon launches the dodecahedron at the lieutentants pump at 261 elgin at 8pm on saturday october 22nd. Paul glennon 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. Before turning his hands to kids books, paul published a collection of stories.
Quantum computing moves to the cloud dwave systems, 2020 quantum computing moves to the cloud dwave systems, 2020. But honestly, you could make a dodecahedron globe for anything. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. 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. I wrote a book based not on the geometry of the circle, but on the geometry of the dodecahedron. So i will tell you instead about a book i loved, paul glennons the dodecahedron yes, i mentioned it months ago. Bookweird by paul glennon overdrive rakuten overdrive. In october 2001, nasa began collecting data with the wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe wmap on cosmic background radiation. Luckily glennon provides an afterword to help the reader out. 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. Lame, lamer, lamest approach to the interconnected short story collectionasnovel idea, the main problem not being the potentially interesting storytelling structure itself but the unvarying flat monotone i of the various narrators. To call the dodecahedron paul glennons second collection would be a little misleading. Dec 26, 2012 this amazing 26 page book report project will have your students turn 12 circles they have completed with different assignments and projects into a geometrical wonder the dodecahedron. His bookweird trilogy for young audiences follows its hero as he gate crashes the party we all wish we could join the world of our favourite books.
Our next keplerpoinsot polyhedron is the great dodecahedron, illustrated at right. There are many different types of dodecahedra, but the one we usually think of is made using 12. Check out this idea, and lots more at book projects. The universe as a phibased dodecahedron the golden. The dodecahedron, or a frame for frames is a kaleidoscopic novel.
The dodecahedron or a frame for frames by paul glennon times. Each side of the dodecahedron represents a different concept. He won a sunburst award in 2011 for bookweirder, the second book in the. He lives in ottawa, where he works in the software industry. The dodecahedron has 12 sides and, when complete, will form an actual threedimensional figure. Each of the twelve faces represents a different narrative. Our geometrical friend, the dodecahedron, changes faces to show off his different emotions. Bookweirdest by paul glennon overdrive rakuten overdrive. The dodecahedron by paul glennon fantastic fiction. 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.
The stellations of the regular dodecahedron make up three of the four keplerpoinsot polyhedra. I had good fun with paul glennons the dodecahedron. May 09, 2014 the great dodecahedron is my favorite threedimensional solid. 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. With its spirit of adventure, bookweirdest courts new readers and keeps malcolm and normans devoted fans captivated. Dodecahedron by dodecahedron, released 20 january 2012 1.
Foreword magazinebook of the year award the dodecahedron paul glennon finalist fiction globe and mailthe globe 100 the dodecahedron, paul glennon zero gravity, sharon english governor generals literar y award the dodecahedron paul glennon finalist english fiction leipzig best book award looking for snails on a. To call the dodecahedron paul glennons second collection would be a little. Most years id be calling this book the best book ive. 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. Student dodecahedron book report the giverlink on the. His stories strange, yet funny are about madmen, paranoiacs and the allegorically burdened.
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. The dodecahedron or a frame for frames the porcupines quill, 2005 by paul glennon canada, 2005 man, i fucking hated this book. In other words, it is about half way to being ready for prime time display. The dodecahedron by paul glennon do you have a book that is between 500 and 510 pages long. Norman has woken up in a world that seems a lot like his own. Paul glennons the dodecahedron or a frame for frames. Posted in letters from the porcupette the interns blog tagged barbara sibbald, margaret gracie, paul glennon, plastic, short fiction, short stories, the dodecahedron, the museum of possibilities. There are three different projects included in this file that can be done in any order, any time of the year. Macdonald works in ottawa and can usually be seen, but not heard, where authors congregate. Author paul glennon paul glennon is the author of the award winning bookweird trilogy. Like visible light from distant stars and galaxies, cosmic background radiation allows scientists to peer into the past to the time when the universe was. Paul glennons the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames was the wolves reading selection for april.
Book report projects reading projects book projects reading activities teaching reading school projects reading skills english projects reading fair book reports dont have to be boring. I had to search a bit, but my paperback edition of the letters of j. There are also three regular star dodecahedra, which are constructed as stellations of the convex form. The most familiar dodecahedron is the regular dodecahedron, which is a platonic solid. A rectified regular dodecahedron forms an icosidodecahedron.
Dec 30, 2015 free dodecahedron book report idea template, photo of an example, project guidelines, and grade sheet are all available here, for free. The dodecahedron or a frame for frames quill and quire. He won a sunburst award in 2011 for bookweirder, the. However, seeing as its been nominated for a governor generals award for fiction, i feel compelled now to tell you how awesome it is. Unlike the maps of dysons delves i and dysons delves ii, the maps i drew for the dodecahedron in 2015 were predominantly drawn on lettersized paper, so a different. New findings in 2003 reveal that the shape of the universe is a dodecahedron based on phi.
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. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. 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. Free dodecahedron book report idea template, photo of an. Like the regular dodecahedron, it has twelve identical pentagonal faces, with three meeting in each of the 20 vertices. Paul glennon author 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. Usually when we describe someone as twofaced, were judging that person for being hypocritical meaning, they say one thing and do another. 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. There are many different types of dodecahedra, but the one we usually think of is made using 12 pentagons. I had good fun with paul glennon s the dodecahedron. Help your students make the books they read come alive with these 22 creative book report ideas and examples. The dodecahedron, or a frame for frames by paul glennon. The dodecahedron, or a frame for frames evening all afternoon. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
The dodecahedron, or a frame for frames evening all. Mallin is a british playwright and this novel owes a great deal to that genre. May 11, 2011 paul glennon s the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames was the wolves reading selection for april. Its been months since i read the dodecahedron, or a frame for frames. 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.