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    Pentagonal: A Guide to Geometry for Students of Wizardry
    Pentagonal: A Guide to Geometry for Students of Wizardry
    Pentagonal: A Guide to Geometry for Students of Wizardry
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    Pentagonal: A Guide to Geometry for Students of Wizardry

    By Bob Craton

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    Learning to be a wizard is never easy, especially if your roommate isn't that bright. A short (and free!) example of what can go wrong if you don't pay attention.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBob Craton
    Release dateAug 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301410996
    Pentagonal: A Guide to Geometry for Students of Wizardry
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    Bob Craton

    Fantasy & Sci-Fi Fans:I actually would rather have people enjoy my stories than make money. That is why I write. Therefore, you can get "The High Duties of Pacia," "A Princess of Fae," and "Jesika's Angel" all for 'reader sets the price.' Naturally, I would love reviews but you have no obligation to write one if you don't want to.---When he was a child, Bob Craton’s teachers often remarked (not always favorably) about his day-dreaming. He spent much of his time lost in his own imagination, often creating elaborate elementary school tall-tales, and the habit never went away as he grew up. Coming of age in the 1960s filled his head with dreams of saving the world and having a career in academia. Then the real world closed in. With a family to support, he took a job at the corporate grindstone, just temporarily until he could get back to grad school and earn the PhD he desired. Somehow ‘temporarily’ turned into thirty-three years of stress and boredom but he kept entertaining himself by creating stories inside his head. Interestingly (well, he hopes it’s interesting anyway), his best ideas came to him while he was stuck in rush-hour traffic during his daily commute.At age fifty-seven, he retired early (a euphemism for ‘got laid off') and had time to put his tales on ‘paper’ (an ancient product now replaced by digital electronics). The ideas in his head were all visual, like scenes from a movie, and as he began writing, he learned to translate visual into verbal and improve his skills. Or at least, that’s what he says. He admits that sometimes minor characters – or some who weren’t included in the original plan at all – demand attention. Frequently, he agrees with them and expands their roles. Many people believe he is bonkers for believing that fictional characters talk to him, but he calls it creativity and remains unrepentant.

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