“It's always new and astonishing when it's yours. Infatuation; sex; card tricks.” — Robin Sloan Card tricks Copy Share Image
It turns out Dungeons & Dragons is much better on paper than it is in reality. — Robin Sloan Dragons Copy Share Image
In some ways I grew up in the public library in Troy, Michigan. — Robin Sloan Library Copy Share Image
“Thank you, Teobaldo. You are my greatest friend. This has been the key to everything.” — Robin Sloan Friend Copy Share Image
Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in. — Robin Sloan Cities Copy Share Image
“Hello, nice to meet you, I sell unreadable books to weird old people - want to get dinner?” — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
“That's almost cute: Don't forget your ruler on your first day at cult! But where is 'down below'?” — Robin Sloan Cult Copy Share Image
“But, of course, the point of a programming language is that you don't just read it; you write it, too. You make… — Robin Sloan Programming Copy Share Image
America pays defense contractors to build aircraft carriers. Google pays brilliant programmers to do whatever the hell they want. — Robin Sloan Aircraft carriers Copy Share Image
A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time. — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
(about Kindles) I have one and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor! — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
“I feel a pang of pity for the logbook, its secrets are all plucked out in minutes by this whirlwind of light… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
You can go as far back as fifth grade, and you will find me tinkering with media and computers, making things that… — Robin Sloan Computers Copy Share Image
This is what I think is fun about fiction - you get to use as much history as you want as scaffolding… — Robin Sloan Change Copy Share Image
“Greatest among us are those who can deploy “my friend” to total strangers in a way that is not hollow, but somehow… — Robin Sloan First contact Copy Share Image
“I felt the disorientation of a generous offer that in no way lines up with anything you want to do: like a… — Robin Sloan Disorientation Copy Share Image
“Turning the pages of this encoded codex, I realize that the books I love most are like open cities, with all sorts… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
I love the web, but man, I look at my browser, and there are, like, twenty tabs up there, all jostling for… — Robin Sloan Attention Copy Share Image
“Or we could try feeding it Slurry,” Jaina Mitra said, and Dr. Klamath nodded gamely. Would the Clement Street starter eat Slurry?… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“Have they all bought Kindles? I have one, and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering,… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
When you're writing for the Internet, you have the analytics, and you know that people are bailing every second. But various people… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
Social systems have values - arguments baked into their design. For example, Twitter's core argument seems to be, 'Everything should be public,… — Robin Sloan Communication Copy Share Image
I'd sit at my kitchen table and start scanning help-wanted ads on my laptop, but then a browser tab would blink and… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“Moffat's prose is fine: clear and steady, with just enough sweeping statements about destiny and dragons to keep things well inflated. The… — Robin Sloan Writing Copy Share Image
“Lately, even the Waybacklist borrowers seem to be missing. Have they Been seduced by some other book club on the other side… — Robin Sloan Book club Copy Share Image
“Neel cuts in: "Where'd you grow up?" "Palo Alto," she says. From there to Stanford to Google: for a girl obsessed with… — Robin Sloan Best friend Copy Share Image
“The buzz about Google these days is that it's like America itself: still the biggest game in town, but inevitably and irrevocably… — Robin Sloan America Copy Share Image
“Each big idea like that is an operating system upgrade," she says, smiling. Comfortable territory. "Writers are responsible for some of it.… — Robin Sloan Big idea Copy Share Image
“Kat gushes about Google's projects, all revealed to her now. They are making a 3-D web browser. They are making a car… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“This job has three requirements, each very strict. Do not agree to them lightly. Clerks in this store have followed these rules… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage. — Robin Sloan Advantage Copy Share Image
“Books: boring. Codes: awesome. These are the people who are running the internet.” — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
“My name is Clay Jannon and those were the days when I rarely touched paper.” — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
