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Robin Sloan

Författare till Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

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Om författaren

Robin Sloan was born and raised in Michigan, He attended Michigan State University where he majored in economics and co-founded a literary magazine called Oats. He published his first novel, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, in 2012. It was about a laid- off Silicon Valley tech worker who gets a visa mer job in an old bookstore and starts discovering one secret after another. Along with the store's owner, the old books lead to a 500 year old secret society. His other title's include: Ajax Penumbra and Sourdough: A Novel. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

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2012 (53) 2013 (109) 2014 (62) 2015 (47) bakning (39) bibliofili (38) bibliotek (67) bokhandel (99) bokklubb (54) boklådor (216) böcker (252) böcker om böcker (283) datorer (98) deckargåta (382) e-bok (153) fantasy (358) favoriter (41) Goodreads (78) Google (201) hemliga sällskap (239) Kalifornien (81) Kindle (139) koder (92) ljud (41) ljudbok (92) läst (159) läst 2014 (46) magisk realism (93) mat (52) roman (121) samtida (66) samtidslitteratur (65) San Francisco (330) science fiction (91) ska läsas (1,192) skönlitteratur (1,225) teknik (197) typografi (63) äger (43) äventyr (45)

Allmänna fakta

Födelsedag
1979-12-19
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Michigan, USA
Bostadsorter
San Francisco, California, USA
Utbildning
Michigan State University
Yrken
writer
Kort biografi
Robin Sloan grew up in Michigan and now splits his time between San Francisco and the internet. You can learn more, and keep in touch, at robinsloan.com.

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Diskussioner

Found: Invisible bookstore…maybe? i Name that Book (november 2023)
Mr. Penumbra and the geeks i The Green Dragon (november 2015)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan i Books in Books (februari 2013)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore i Book talk (oktober 2012)

Recensioner

Delightful. Full of love and play and mysticism.

And microbes.
 
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capnfabs | 128 andra recensioner | Mar 9, 2024 |
In this novella, we get to see more of Mr. Penumbra's life and his path leading to where readers know him from the novel, and I just thought it was a fun read. It's nothing mind-blowing, but enjoyable to anyone who loved his character. There were a lot of parallels between his and Clay's story, which I thought was interesting, PLUS we get to see a younger Corvina! I truly loved the dynamic between him and Ajax, and the fan part of me is rabid for more of their adventures pre-"Mr. Penumbra's".
 
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deborahee | 33 andra recensioner | Feb 23, 2024 |
SEPT 2020, 2nd read
Honestly just as enjoyable the second time around. Always a new detail to notice or appreciate, and listening to this on audio is such a pleasant experience. I wish the Dragon Song Chronicles were real because I badly want to read them!

SEPT/OCT 2019, 1st read
This is book that has been hovering around by TBR for at least 5 years since a customer at a bookstore I was working at raved about it and told me it was unlike anything they had read. I just didn't get around to it until now; I needed something engaging to listen to on my college commute and this was sitting there so I figured I'd finally try it. And I get what that customer meant. "Mr. Penumbra" is truly a unique book, and at no point was this novel what I thought it was going to be.

Goodreads has a solid synopsis, but what it doesn't hint at are the wonderful, sometimes bizarre conversations that take place in the story. There is a lot of discourse around printed books and bookstores VS digital spaces and reading technology, but NOT in a "which is better?" way. This book could have been disastrous in that respect, painting those who read print books as "superior", but Sloan does such a beautiful job of highlight the constraints and affordances of each medium and putting them in conversation with one another. It made my little bibliophile heart swell seeing characters embrace reading as a whole, as an enjoyable, immersive artform that doesn't favor a certain platform or person. I really think this book is a celebration of reading, of curiosity for the sake of curiosity, of sharing knowledge, and the bonds formed between readers.

There were a few moments here and there that I think were a little out of place; for instance, I personally thought too much time was spent on the Google headquarters and describing people readers would never see again. Just from a plot perspective I would have like that trimmed down a bit. And I ALMOST didn't like the ending, but then I did? I think it's what I said before and it just wasn't what I was expecting, so it was a little jarring. But not in a bad way!

I just got a lot of delight out of this book. It's very transportive: it takes readers to new cities, pokes into crevices of thoughts that maybe you hadn't considered before, and paints a world that's both familiar and magical - and for me, that's a really special thing for a book to do. I can't wait to read more of Sloan's writing, and if we ever get a "Mr. Penumbra's" movie I'm gonna LOSE. MY. MIND.
… (mer)
 
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deborahee | 720 andra recensioner | Feb 23, 2024 |
Utterly delightful and deeply readable! I loved Lois's adventures with her sourdough starter and the Marrow Market; it's so weird at times but also somehow very relatable. This book also prompted me to look up various food processes, places, and people, and I ended up going down several Google rabbit holes of San Francisco farmers markets and cheese cultures and a bunch of chefs - there was so much in "Sourdough" to take in but it was never overwhelming, just a total literary feast! I think Lois (much like Clay in "Mr. Penumbra") was the perfect main character for this story and I'd love to see more of her. (Speaking of Clay, I got a dopey grin out of his New Bagel cameo)

Also, I now have the problem of having read both of Robin Sloan's novels, his short stories, the novella, and even his tap-to-read Fish app...and there's nothing left?? I can't WAIT to see what he comes up with next!
… (mer)
 
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deborahee | 128 andra recensioner | Feb 23, 2024 |

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Verk
23
Medlemmar
10,616
Popularitet
#2,240
Betyg
3.8
Recensioner
903
ISBN
87
Språk
14
Favoritmärkt
8

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