“I'm making progress of my own: Kat invites me to a house party. Unfortunately, I can't go. I can never go to… — Robin Sloan House party Copy Share Image
“Kat is talking to someone else now, a slender brown-skinned boy who's joined the line just behind her. He's dressed like a… — Robin Sloan Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
“History hinges on such small things. A difference of thirty degrees, and this story would end here.” — Robin Sloan History Copy Share Image
“I know I have strong opinions about everything - I can’t help it, I do - but this one’s the strongest. I… — Robin Sloan Inspirational Copy Share Image
“It is very quiet. I set my chin into my palm and count my friends and wonder what else is hiding in… — Robin Sloan Friendship Copy Share Image
When every single piece of media you consume is time-shifted, does that mean it's actually you that's time-shifted? — Robin Sloan Doe Copy Share Image
If a shop has a neon Superman logo in the window, I will enter. If it has a neon Superman logo in… — Robin Sloan Dragon Copy Share Image
I feel a little whirl of dislocation -- the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected — Robin Sloan Dislocation Copy Share Image
There's certainly satire written about techies, but it's so snarky and snide and doesn't treat him as a whole person. The people… — Robin Sloan Deep Copy Share Image
Why does the typical adventuring group consist of a wizard, a warrior, and a rogue, anyway? It should really be a wizard,… — Robin Sloan Adventuring Copy Share Image
In the case of 'Fish,' I did the writing, design, and code all at the same time, so the form and the… — Robin Sloan Change Copy Share Image
“His inventory is eclectic; there's no evidence of pattern or purpose other than, I suppose, his own personal taste. So, no teenage… — Robin Sloan Personal taste Copy Share Image
“My limbic system has grown accustomed to a certain (very low) level of human (female) contact. With her standing right next to… — Robin Sloan Drunk Copy Share Image
Prediction just means you saw where the world might be going: ho-hum. Influence, though - ah. Influence, direct and acknowledged, means you… — Robin Sloan Influence Copy Share Image
“How was New York?' Ashley asks politely. I'm not sure how to respond. Something like: Well, the mustachioed master of the secret… — Robin Sloan Asks Copy Share Image
“The shelves were packed close together, and it felt like I was standing at the border of a forest--not a friendly Californian… — Robin Sloan Border Forest Copy Share Image
When you've biked only on quiet cul-de-sacs and college campuses, the idea of riding in the city, right up there alongside the… — Robin Sloan Absurd Copy Share Image
“Here’s a thing I believe about people my age: we are the children of Hogwarts, and more than anything, we just want… — Robin Sloan Children Copy Share Image
“my great weakness: if a task was even mildly challenging, any sense of injustice drained away and I simply worked quietly until… — Robin Sloan Justice Copy Share Image
“Or what if he's weeping to himself in a lonely apartment somewhere, where his family never visits him because Grandpa Penumbra is… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
Let me give you some advice: make friends with a millionaire when he's a friendless sixth-grader. — Robin Sloan Advice Copy Share Image
Print books have an amazing superpower because they don't disappear when you're done with them. Books on the shelf remind you that… — Robin Sloan Amazing Copy Share Image
We range widely, we readers of fiction, but I think we all need a home. Mine is science fiction. It's my home… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
Baking and coding involve using the same parts of your brain and a lot of the same skills, like being able to… — Robin Sloan Baking Copy Share Image
“Yes, everyone else is smart, everyone else is cool, everyone else is healthy and attractive - but she brought you.” — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“It’s not like we have the same brains as people a thousand years ago.” Wait: “Yes we do.” “We have the same… — Robin Sloan Computers Copy Share Image
“He paused, then added, "Some of them are working very hard indeed." "What are they doing?" "My boy!" he said, eyebrows raised.… — Robin Sloan Reading Copy Share Image
“I tell him, and I write it down as I go. It makes me feel better, as if the weirdness is flowing… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
“They say Shakespeare invented the internal monologue." Oh, I am very familiar with the internal monologue.” — Robin Sloan Monologue Copy Share Image
“But Ruby, my language of choice since NewBagel, was invented by a cheerful Japanese programmer, and it reads like friendly, accessible poetry.” — Robin Sloan Programming Copy Share Image
You know, I'm really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their… — Robin Sloan Crazy Copy Share Image
“yeast, which is a fungus, and lactobacillus, a bacteria. They eat flour—its sugars—and poop out acid—thus, sour—” — Robin Sloan Yeast Copy Share Image
“But when people are past a certain age, you sort of stop asking them why they do things. It feels dangerous.” — Robin Sloan Certain age Copy Share Image
When you close a tab or when you finish an article on the web, it's gone unless you go back into your… — Robin Sloan Find Copy Share Image
“You know, old books are a big problem for us. Old knowledge in general. We call it OK. Old knowledge, OK. Did… — Robin Sloan Big problem Copy Share Image
For me, writing in public is actually super energizing and so much fun. Especially when writing can typically be really painful and… — Robin Sloan Fun Copy Share Image
I think I'm one of those people that kind of thinks everybody's got an identity, and maybe that's the core of their… — Robin Sloan Change Copy Share Image
“The space is appropriately shoe-boxy and all the shelves are there. I've set them up with a coordinate system, so my program… — Robin Sloan Aisle Copy Share Image
So I switch to my MacBook and make my rounds: news sites, blogs, tweets. I scroll back to find the conversations that… — Robin Sloan Conversation Copy Share Image
It turns out you can train a neural network on a big body of text. It can be Wikipedia; it can be… — Robin Sloan Beautiful Copy Share Image
