Saturday, March 8, 2014

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan

Guilty Pleasure

What a fun, fascinating read mixing old and new technologies (print books versus Google), combining fiction with fact and it comes with an amazing book jacket (turn out the lights!)  All of it a reminder of why I still love real books!!

Quotes: "'They figured out the circumference of the earth a thousand years before they invented printing.  Could you figure out the circumference of the Earth?'....I have no idea.  I'd probably just Google it"

"These days, the phone only carries bad news....If it's anything fun or exciting, like an invitation to a party...,it will come through the internet."

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