There is a story about this by Stanislaw Lem: "Elsewhere Tichy meets a race of aliens (called "Indioci" in the Polish original, "Phools" in the English translation) who, desiring perfect harmony in their lives, entrust themselves to a machine, which converts them into shiny discs to be arranged in pleasant patterns across their planet." - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijon_Tichy#Stories

(Not glue, but close enough.)