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November 16, 2012 11:16 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/TESP7a-_ynQ/mr-penumbras-24-hour-bo.html
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: The perfect nerdish fantasy
Robin Sloan's Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is one of those instant geek classics that gets right into the romance and magic of high-tech, a book akin to Cryptonomicon or Microserfs. It's the story of Clay Jannon, a broke ex-high-tech worker who gets a night-shift job in poky, weird bookstore whose highest shelves are stocked with [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/TESP7a-_ynQ/mr-penumbras-24-hour-bo.html
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