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kajecounterhackonMay 12, 2016

Robin Sloan is awesome: if you haven't read Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore, it's a really fun and easy read. He works Hadoop into the writing!

Also something I realized only a year after purchasing the book: it's glow in the dark!

antiterraonDec 7, 2013

No, I just don't think making references for their own sake is particularly clever.

But if you like that kind of joke and you like the show, that's great. It's not something I would judge you as a person for. Heck, I'd be happy to suggest Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore, if you haven't read it already.

cmodonJuly 28, 2017

One example in the positive column: Robin Sloan has consistently written optimistically about SF, both in Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore, and his new novel, Sourdough.

paxtonabonDec 2, 2015

The pdf of the book is linked to in the article, and after reading a little of it I'm struck by its similarity to "Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Penumbra%27s_24-Hour_Books...

nanomonkeyonApr 13, 2019

Robin Sloan, the author of "Sourdough" and "Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore" apparently came up with the term Moral Crumple Zones, off the cuff at a WeRobot conference.

cardamomoonJune 26, 2018

This seems like an appropriate place to plug Sourdough: A Novel, by Robin Sloan (who also wrote Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore). It's a really delightful read that lovingly satirizes many aspects of San Francisco's contemporary culture while telling the story of a coder turned baker who is on a mission to teach robotic arms to bake bread.

asad_chonDec 25, 2014

Any one book?
Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan

Any one series?
The Foundation series, Isaac Asimov

Other personal favourites include:
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
The Book of Disquet, Fernando Pessoa
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safron Foer Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

alanfalcononSep 26, 2016

Robin Sloan (Author of Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore, Julie Rubicon[1]) built something like you describe using a corpus of old sci fi stories ("If I had to offer an extravagant analogy (and I do) I’d say it’s like writing with a deranged but very well-read parrot on your shoulder"):

https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/writing-with-the-machine/

[1] https://m.facebook.com/notes/robin-sloan/julie-rubicon/98569...

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