...I can’t stop squirming. If fidgets were Wikipedia edits, I would have completely revamped the entry on guilt by now, and translated… — Robin Sloan Guilt 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
“Yes, everyone else is smart, everyone else is cool, everyone else is healthy and attractive - but she brought you.” — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“On both sides, they've failed us...of course, we know about the industrialists. Their corn syrup and cheese product. Their factory farms ringed… — Robin Sloan Food Copy Share Image
“I did not know people your age still read books,' Penumbra says. He raises an eyebrow. 'I was under the impression they… — Robin Sloan Books 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
“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
“The smell!" Penumbra repeats. "You know you are finished when people start talking about the smell.” — Robin Sloan 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
“Maybe his big build isn't a linebacker's after all; maybe it's a librarian's.” — Robin Sloan Engineering Copy Share Image
“I sip something called the Blue Screen of Death, which is in fact neon-blue, with a bright LED winking inside one of… — Robin Sloan Ice cube Copy Share Image
“So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between us now… — Robin Sloan Favors Copy Share Image
I think one of the most exciting things about the whole digital side of publishing is that it eventually allows you to… — Robin Sloan Digital Copy Share Image
“To tell you the truth, I hate audiobooks." But an audiobook is like a fizzy knit cap pulled down over your -” — Robin Sloan Truth Copy Share Image
All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain site. — Robin Sloan Hiding Copy Share Image
“The Con-U storage facility is the most amazing space I have ever seen. Keep in mind that I recently worked at a… — Robin Sloan Sistine chapel Copy Share Image
“But when people are past a certain age, you sort if stop asking them why they do things. It feels dangerous. What… — Robin Sloan Ageing 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
“...this is exactly the kind of store that makes you want to buy a book about a teenage wizard. This is the… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
This girl has the spark of life. This is my primary filter for new friends (girl- and otherwise) and the highest compliment… — Robin Sloan Astronomy Copy Share Image
“That's what spies do, right? They walk to the bakery and buy a loaf of bread everyday - perfectly normal - until… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“I’ve set them up with a coordinate system, so my program can find aisle 3, shelf 13 all by itself. Simulated light… — Robin Sloan Programming Copy Share Image
But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only… — Robin Sloan Ads Copy Share Image
“They say Shakespeare invented the internal monologue." Oh, I am very familiar with the internal monologue.” — Robin Sloan Mr-penumbra-s-24-hour-bookstore 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
