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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

av Robin Sloan

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After a layoff during the Great Recession sidelines his tech career, Clay Jannon takes a job at the titular bookstore in San Francisco, and soon realizes that the establishment is a facade for a strange secret.

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Vindens skugga av Carlos Ruiz Zafón (derelicious, BookshelfMonstrosity)
derelicious: Both are books about books, with secret societies and mysteries to untangle. The Shadow of the Wind is more gothic and takes place during the Spanish Civil War, and Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is lighter and takes place in modern times.
BookshelfMonstrosity: Although they have very different settings (1950s Spain in Shadow of the Wind and modern San Francisco in Mr. Penumbra's), these adventure stories, with underpinnings of romance, offer unique perspectives on the role of books and reading in our lives.… (mer)
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Slutet på mr Y av Scarlett Thomas (Anonym användare)
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Ensam på Mars av Andy Weir (sturlington)
sturlington: Mr. Penumbra's reminded me in tone and its reverence for tech, geeks, and pop culture of both The Martian and Ready Player One.
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Lexicon av Max Barry (Anonym användare)
Anonym användare: Both books are non-traditional geeky mystery/thrillers.
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4leschats: The older/younger man relationship is similar along with the quirky cast of characters, light tone, and humor throughout.
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Grupp › Diskussion	Meddelanden	Senaste inlägget
The Green Dragon: Mr. Penumbra and the geeks	17 olästa / 17	SpikeSix, november 2015
Books in Books: Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan	8 olästa / 8	sixswans, februari 2013
Book talk: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore	4 olästa / 4	yolana, oktober 2012

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I do really enjoy Robin Sloan's style and voice. Sprinkled throughout the book are moments where the narrator makes a comment that makes him feel more real. It will be funny or insightful and as a reader I feel extra connected to the story in those moments. The story is set in contemporary times and is full of quirky, diverse characters. The adventure and mystery that the protagonist is pursuing is engaging but it's the characters and their interactions that are worth the reading time. (

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Sarah220 | Jan 23, 2021 |

Do not miss if you love books, design and/or San Francisco. In fact, if this is you, read it twice. (

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Smokler | Jan 3, 2021 |

Good book. Had some endearing moments, but I couldn't help the feeling of too many references/inside jokes/nods to pop-tech culture obscuring a quite simple story. (

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ladyars | Dec 31, 2020 |

Confused commercial for google and amazon written as teenage romance. This is going to be completely undecipherable in 20 years but then again I don't think it was written with longevity in mind. At least it's short. (

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TeaTimeCoder | Dec 23, 2020 |

Odd book but it came together nicely in the end. This story was like a cross-section of a quirky bookstore, a secret cult obsessed with literacy and Google. I think it tried a little too hard with the pop-culture references and cuteness, but it was still enjoyable. (

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Mr. Penumbra’s 24 hour Bookstore flourishes in the nebulous terrain between super-powered digital information and the text warriors of yore. It rocks in terms of crazy imaginative leaps and is so optimistic about the longevity of books in print that it makes bibliophiles like me positively clap with glee. It does have its share of shortcomings though, but more on that later.

tillagd av SimoneA | ändraThe Express Tribune, Anam Haq (Nov 10, 2013)

And if, in the end, the plot doesn’t entirely satisfy – the love story is a little weak, the 500-year old mystery rather too neatly solved – this novel’s ideas will linger long in the mind.

tillagd av SimoneA | ändraThe Independent, Marianne Levy (Aug 24, 2013)

“Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore” is eminently enjoyable, full of warmth and intelligence. Sloan balances a strong plot with philosophical questions about technology and books and the power both contain. The prose maintains an engaging pace as Clay, Mr. Penumbra and the quirky constellation of people around them try to determine what matters more — the solution to a problem or how that solution is achieved.

tillagd av SimoneA | ändraNew York Times, Roxane Gay (Dec 14, 2012)

"In the end, though, the book works fine as an engrossing mystery — and as an intelligent meditation on technology’s trajectory and limits."https://www.librarything.com/work/12661675/book/132262683#

tillagd av bookfitz | ändraThe Boston Globe, Jesse Singal (Oct 19, 2012)

I loved diving into the world that Sloan created, both the high-tech fantasyland of Google and the ancient analog society. It’s packed full of geeky allusions and wonderful characters, and is a celebration of books, whether they’re made of dead trees or digits.

tillagd av ablachly | ändraWired, Jonathan Liu (Oct 6, 2012)

This winning literary adventure, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, has all the elements of geek hipsterdom: fantasy novels, role-playing games, computer coding, and classic typography.

tillagd av ablachly | ändraEntertainment Weekly, Thom Geier (Oct 3, 2012)

Whether your hero is Steve Jobs or Stephen Crane, we're all just in love with information and the power of the word — and that's the point Robin Sloan attempts to make in his debut novel, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, one of the most thoughtful and fun reading experiences you're likely to have this year.

tillagd av ablachly | ändraNPR Books, Michael Schaub (Oct 3, 2012)

This is a book about systems, both secret and overt, exploring codes, filing, programming and designing. Storytelling has its operating systems, too, and though the author creates a splendid opening and an acceptable resolution, he runs out of steam for the great engine system of the middle. The weakness may be in the development of character. Clay is hardly changed by his experience; and for a book making a large statement about friendship, his friends always come in and out of the story on the basis of utility rather than affection or humanity.

tillagd av ablachly | ändraWashington Post, Graham Joyce (Oct 2, 2012)

Though there’s a code to be cracked in these pages, the real treat of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore is Sloan’s energetic storytelling—and the many, many lines that you will surely want to share on Facebook and tweet to the masses.

tillagd av 4leschats | ändraBookPage, Eliza Borne (Oct 1, 2012)

Even though this book is familiar in ways, it is pleasurable, too. Sloan's ultimate answer to the mystery of what keeps people solving Penumbra's puzzle is worth turning pages to find out.

tillagd av ablachly | ändraSF Gate, Tess Taylor (Oct 1, 2012)

"From the shadows of Penumbra’s bookshelves to the brightly lit constellation of cyberspace to the depths of a subterranean library, Sloan deftly wields the magicks (definitely with a “k”) of the electronic and the literary in this intricate mystery."

tillagd av bookfitz | ändraKirkus Reviews (Sep 15, 2012)

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Corral, Rodrigo	Omslagsformgivare	medförfattare	vissa utgåvor	bekräftat
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Lost in the shadows of the shelves, I almost fall off the ladder.

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Now I've resigned myself to sitting at the front desk, but I can't stop squirming. If fidgets were Wikipedia edits, I would have completely revamped the entry on guilt by now, and translated it into five new languages.

You know, I'm really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their own secret spaces, their own records, their own rules.

He has the strangest expression on his face -- the emotive equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND.

Now, for the first time in my life, I empathize 100 percent with Fluff McFly. My heart is beating at hamster-speed and I am throwing my eyes around the room, looking for some way out.

There is no immortality that is not built on friendship and work done with care.

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