6.16.2015

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


Links for East Side Readers discussion
Discussion questions
A Reading Map for the book
The short story that started it all

Robin Sloan website
Robin Sloan facebook
Robin Sloan tweets 
Penumbra tweets
Robin Sloan page at Macmillan

Many journal reviews
Many reader reviews 
Interesting thoughts
Poliphilus font
Robin Sloan’s The Dragon-Song Chronicles. Listen here.
Want more?  Ajax Penumbra.. story on Nook
Historical punch cutters; watch a videopictures
Festina lente: Make haste, slowly.
Stories on NPR
Slate review
Aldus Manutius (Wiki) and here

Definition of PENUMBRA : a :  a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light;  b :  a shaded region surrounding the dark central portion of a sunspot;  2 :  a surrounding or adjoining region in which something exists in a lesser degree :  fringe

Real Simple book club, part 1part 2; part 3;

Video interviews of & presentations by Robin Sloan; book trailer video

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