"It was eight-sided, and so justly proportioned that its two stories made no show of height."
"I don't know what you're doing Saturday night, but I'm going to be watching a 46-year-old man step into an eight-sided cage and fight a guy a decade and a half younger."
"Beyond the historical importance of the collection was the room itself—neo-gothic walnut cases with busts above the shelves under a pale-blue domed ceiling and in the center, an early-American eight-sided table heaving with ferns and more books on fantastic subjects like astronomy and geography."