If you've never heard the term “Mathematical Fiction” before, Edwin Abbott Abbott's 1884 novella, Flatland can certainly enlighten you! Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions was published in 1884 and since then, it has been discovered and re-discovered by succeeding generations who have been delighted by its unique view of society and people. The plot opens with a description of the fictional Flatland. The narrator calls himself “Square” and asks readers to “Imagine a vast sheet of paper on ...
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Math. Geometry. Physics. Violence? Is this the same book I read in school? Yep. One of the joys of rediscovering old books is that they still have the ability to surprise, even shock. "If my poor Flatland friend retained the vigour of mind which he enjoyed when he began to compose these Memoirs, I should not now need to represent him in this preface, in which he desires, fully, to return his thanks to his readers and critics in Spaceland ... But he is not the Square he once was. Years of imp ...
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Episode Twenty-Five: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
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Episode Twenty-Four: Meet Samantha (An American Girl Story)
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Episode Twenty-Four: Samantha – An American Girl series by Susan S. Adler My Dog Ate My Book Report is a podcast where two weirdo thirty-somethings take turns introducing each other to a formative book from childhood the other has never read to see if the magic has held up! This episode we read: “Samantha – Manner and Mischief”, a repackaged collec…
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Episode Twenty-Three: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott
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My Dog Ate My Book Report is a podcast where two weirdo thirty-somethings take turns introducing each other to a formative book from childhood the other has never read to see if the magic has held up! This episode we read: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott The transcript can be found here: Link Content Warnings: Misogyny, eugenics, genocide, fascism, non…
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Episode Twenty-Two: Magic Kingdom for Sale SOLD by Terry Brooks
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My Dog Ate My Book Report is a podcast where two weirdo thirty-somethings take turns introducing each other to a formative book from childhood the other has never read to see if the magic has held up! This episode we read: Magic Kingdom for Sale SOLD by Terry Brooks Content Warnings: Generic Fantasy Tropes/veiled racism Eating of small pets Suicida…
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Episode Twenty-One: Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
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Episode Twenty: Lost on a Mountain in Maine with Derrick
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My Dog Ate My Book Report is a podcast where two weirdo thirty-somethings take turns introducing each other to a formative book from childhood the other has never read to see if the magic has held up! This episode we read the classic to children from Maine only. With Derrick from the Octobers Children Podcast! (https://linktr.ee/octoberschildrenpod…
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Episode Nineteen: Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Episode Eighteen: Nancy Drew #1 – The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
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Episode Seventeen: Goosebumps – The Haunted Mask by RL Stine
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Episode Sixteen: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
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Episode Fifteen: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor with Special Guest Nuance!
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Episode Fourteen: The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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Episode Thirteen: Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien
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Episode Twelve: Dinotopia by James Gurney
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Episode Eleven: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
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So something funky happened with our introduction episode when we uploaded our trailer. So we have to repost it to get it back into our itunes feed! If you have ...By My Dog Ate My Book Report
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Episode Nine: The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
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Episode Eight: Animorphs #1 – The Invasion by K.A. Applegate
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Episode Seven: Pet Sematary by Stephen King
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Episode Six: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
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Episode Five: Sneaking off to the Movies!
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Episode Four: The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon
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Episode Three: The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
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Episode Two: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
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Part 2 -- Other WorldsSection 21 -- How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what successSection 22 -- How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the resultPreface to the second and revised edition, 1884The End of "Flatland"
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Part 2 -- Other WorldsSection 19 -- How, though the Sphere showed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what became of itSection 20 -- How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision
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Part 2 -- Other WorldsSection 17 -- How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deedsSection 18 -- How I came to Spaceland and what I saw there
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Part 2 -- Other WorldsSection 15 -- Concerning a Stranger from SpacelandSection 16 -- How the Stranger vainly endeavored to reveal to me in words the Mysteries of Spaceland
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Part 2 -- Other WorldsSection 13 -- How I Had a Vision of LinelandSection 14 -- How in my Vision I endeavored to explain Flatland, but could notWith sound effects from The Free Sound Project and from The Absolute Sound Effects Archive.
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Part 1 -- Our World (continued)Section 11 -- Concerning our PriestsSection 12 -- Of the Doctrine of our Priests
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Part 1 -- Our World (continued)Section 9 -- Of the Universal Color BillSection 10 -- Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
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Part 1 -- Our World (continued)Section 7 -- Concerning Irregular FiguresSection 8 -- Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
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Part 1 -- Our World (continued)Section 5 -- Of Our Methods of Recognizing one anotherSection 6 -- Of Recognition by Sight
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Part 1 -- Our World (continued)Section 3 -- Concerning the Inhabitants of FlatlandSection 4 -- Concerning the Women
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Part 1 -- Our WorldSection 1 -- Of the Nature of FlatlandSection 2 -- Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
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