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
“Do people even look at one another?" "Not really. Everything that matters is on your screen. There's an agenda that rearranges itself.… — Robin Sloan Athens 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 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
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 Copy Share Image
“My name is Clay Jannon and those were the days when I rarely touched paper.” — Robin Sloan Paper Copy Share Image
I loved The Chronicles of Narnia. I loved The Chronicles of Prydain. Basically, 'Chronicles of' - I was in! — Robin Sloan Chronicles 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
I was always a computer kid, and I grew up with the Internet and always found it fascinating. — Robin Sloan Always Copy Share Image
“I have come to believe that food is history of the deepest kind. Everything we eat tells a tale of ingenuity and… — Robin Sloan Food 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
“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 Help people 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
For a whole year in elementary school, when the class marched down to the school library every week, I would refuse to… — Robin Sloan Again Copy Share Image
“I didn't realize wizards were going to walk among us and we'd just call them Googlers.” — Robin Sloan 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
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
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
My parents live in northern Michigan, and every year, in the summer, we visit them for a few weeks. — Robin Sloan Live Copy Share Image
