I got a bike - a fixed-gear with bright blue wheels, custom-made to my specifications. I am a San Francisco techno-hipster, so… — Robin Sloan Best Copy Share Image
People tend to think of the quest as a sort of fanciful or fantastical form, but actually, I think it's pretty realistic.… — Robin Sloan Adventure Copy Share Image
“[...] We keep a record for every member, and for every customer who might yet become a member, in order to track… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
“To be honest, my life has exhibited many strange and sometimes troubling characteristics, but shortness is not one of them. It feels… — Robin Sloan Humour 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 Google Copy Share Image
“Maybe I'll just go ahead and buy her the Tufte book. I'll bring it wrapped in brown paper. Wait- is that weird?… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
“Southeastern Michigan is flat, almost concave; here was a world with a z-axis.” — Robin Sloan Michigan Flat Copy Share Image
“I didn't realize wizards were going to walk among us and we'd just call them Googlers.” — Robin Sloan Wizards Copy Share Image
You can't think of technology as separate from all of our human drama anymore. — Robin Sloan Drama Copy Share Image
“Anyway, sorry,” Jad says to me quietly. “We’ll be fine,” I say. “People still like the smell of books.” — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
He asked Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know I suppose I love them… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
We're looking at dozens, sometimes hundreds of things every day in articles, videos, and we never look at them again. Even if… — Robin Sloan Day Copy Share Image
Neel takes a sharp breath and I know exactly what it means. It means: I have waited my whole life to walk… — Robin Sloan Bookshelves Copy Share Image
“I can't eat pizza. If we actually end up with a pizza, it's going to be your responsibility to consume it. Do… — Robin Sloan Consume Copy Share Image
What is a game like 'No Man's Sky,' really? A set of symbols that specify a world but do not themselves constitute… — Robin Sloan Attention Copy Share Image
The stimulation I get from my phone does not feel like the opposite of boredom to me. It actually feels like a… — Robin Sloan Boredom Copy Share Image
Without science fiction, without the influence these books have had on me over the years, I'm not sure I would care much… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
“I can't just sit at my desk and let this web of weirdness spin around me. (That describes a lot of jobs,… — Robin Sloan Weirdness Copy Share Image
“She's scrolling fast through my code, which is a little embarrassing, because my code is full of comments like 'Hell, yeah!' and… — Robin Sloan Hell yeah Copy Share Image
“Immortality in a book-lined catacomb down beneath the surface of the earth, or death up here, with all this? I'll take death… — Robin Sloan Beneath the surface Copy Share Image
I liked the sort of YA classics. I loved 'The Chronicles of Narnia.' I loved 'The Chronicles of Prydain' by Lloyd Alexander,… — Robin Sloan Amazing Copy Share Image
“Well, you know our saying: It's not over until you hold the book's ashes in your hands, weeping at the years you've… — Robin Sloan Ashes Copy Share Image
“Penumbra [...] produces another e-reader - it's a Nook. Then another one, a Sony. Another one, marked KOBO. Really? Who has a Kobo?” — Robin Sloan E-readers 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 Life Copy Share Image
“Some of them are working hard indeed." "What are they doing?" "My boy!" he said, eyebrows raised. As if nothing could be… — Robin Sloan Boys Copy Share Image
'Parable of the Sower' is capital-I Important. Put it on the literary fiction shelf. Put it on the Holy Crap fiction shelf.… — Robin Sloan American Copy Share Image
... nothing lasts long. We all come to life and gather allies and build empires and die, all in a single moment… — Robin Sloan Allies Copy Share Image
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