Cubing the Sphere was a novel written by Kellark Cogg. It had been written within the century preceding the Seswenna Security Crisis and was considered a literary classic. The novel was assigned as a summer reading project to Dawn Starskipper; she read it aboard the Mally, as it was something she had taken with her from home when she became an orphaned refugee. GIN Agent Evening Delwynn, who had read the book, noted to Starskipper its potential high level of difficulty for teenage readers. In the aftermath of the crisis, it became a source of famous scenes and quotations that resonated with many in the Republic.