“Every day you learn something amazing," Kat says, "like there's a secret underground library in New York City" - she pauses and… — Robin Sloan Every day Copy Share Image
The vision of the Internet as a vast digital wasteland isn't correct. Everything is awesome, and we have more stuff to read… — Robin Sloan Dreams 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
Primes seem to me to be these unarbitrary, unique, fated things. It cannot be coincidence that the mythical numbers of storytelling like… — Robin Sloan Art Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I spent a huge amount of time on the Internet, but not the Internet we know today. It… — Robin Sloan Internet 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
If you come from the Internet, as I do - I think of it as sort of my native country - there's… — Robin Sloan Attention 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 Copy Share Image
“There were murky glass vessels holding baby Xenomorphs (possibly they were pickles) and bright colorful boxes with labels in Arabic and Hebrew… — Robin Sloan Judaism Copy Share Image
I've never listened to an audiobook before, and I have to say it's a totally different experience. When you read a book,… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
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
When MUDs appeared, that was an entirely novel experience, and often an addictive one. Long before Twitter or Snapchat, MUDs inspired the… — Robin Sloan Experience 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
There is no immortality that is not built on friendship and work done with care. All the secrets in the world worth… — Robin Sloan Built 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
“There had to be a scale somewhere—the scale of stars, the scale of far-off cosmic super-beings—upon which we ourselves, we humans with… — Robin Sloan Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Southeastern Michigan is flat, almost concave; here was a world with a z-axis.” — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“When you read a book, the story definitely happens inside your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little… — Robin Sloan Audiobooks Copy Share Image
When you're making a print book in 2012, I actually think the onus is on you - and on your publisher -… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
“Is this a book club? How do they join? Do they ever pay? These are the things I ask myself when I… — Robin Sloan Book club Copy Share Image
“I will admit that I just want an excuse to put all my favorite people in a room together.” — Robin Sloan Favorite people Copy Share Image
“There is no immortality that is not built on friendship and worked on with care. All the secrets in the world worth… — Robin Sloan Death Copy Share Image
“She's wearing the same red and yellow BAM! T-shirt from before, which means (a) she slept in, (b) she owns several identical… — Robin Sloan Bam Copy Share Image
It's not like 'Print versus Digital - only one will survive.' We live in a hybrid world now, and I think the… — Robin Sloan Future 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