Have they all bought Kindles? I have one, and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, <i>Traitor!</i> - but come on,… - Robin Sloan

The suburban mind cannot comprehend the emergent complexity of a New York sidewalk.

Midway through, a fuzzy-chinned young man approaches the desk with a battered copy of Dune and a motley handful of coins. Mo waves him away. “Oh, just take it, Felix. Spend the money on a haircut.

Corvina’s got it wrong. Penumbra’s schemes didn’t fail because he’s a hopeless crackpot. If Corvina’s right, it means nobody should ever try anything new and risky. Maybe Penumbra’s schemes failed because he didn’t have enough help. Maybe he didn’t have a Mat or a Neel, an Ashley or a Kat — until now.