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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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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

A Square (Edwin Abbott Abbott)

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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 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: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The transcript can be foun…
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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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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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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 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: Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar T…
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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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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: Little House in the Big Woods The transcript can be found here: Link Content Warnings: -Racist language for Black people -Corpo…
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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: Nancy Drew #1 – The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene. The transcript can be found here: My Dog Ate My Book Report Episo…
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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 Haunted Mask (Goosebumps series #11 by RL Stine) The transcript can be found here: Transcript Link Content Warnings: Horror…
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Episode Sixteen: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 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: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein The transcript can be found he…
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