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About Robin Sloan
American author
Robin Sloan is an American author. He came to wider attention with his debut novel, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, published in 2012. Sloan is known for fiction that blends contemporary life with ideas about books, technology, and curiosity. His work has reached a broad readership, and his name is often associated with inventive, warmly observant storytelling.
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Tinkering: more sayings
- “[I]t kind of terrified me to imagine myself spending the rest of my life tinkering on the margins of the smal…”Lawrence Lessig
- “Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.”E. F. Schumacher
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Books by Robin Sloan
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore
2013
Sourdough
2017