“ Each big idea like that is an operating system upgrade," she says, smiling. Comfortable territory. "Writers are responsible for some of it. They say Shakespeare invented the internal monologue."Oh, I… Robin Sloan
“ Have you ever played Maximum Happy Imagination?""Sounds like a Japanese game show."Kat straightens her shoulders. "Okay, we're going to play. To start, imagine the future. The good future. No nuclear… Robin Sloan
“ He's like a storybook spirit, a little djinn or something, except instead of air or water his element is imagination. Robin Sloan
“ It was tall, made of pale blue light, a creature with long arms and long legs and the shadow of a smile, and above it all, eyes that shone bluer still than its body. "What do you seek in this place?"… Robin Sloan
“ So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between us now that they are no longer distinguishable as individual acts, just a bright haze of loyalty. Our… Robin Sloan
“ The Golden Horn of Griffo is finely wrought," Zenodotus said, tracing his finger along the curve of Telemach's treasure. "And the magic is in its making alone. Do you understand? There is no sorcery h… Robin Sloan
“ After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this:A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need… Robin Sloan
“ Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits. Robin Sloan
“ America pays defense contractors to build aircraft carriers. Google pays brilliant programmers to do whatever the hell they want. Robin Sloan
“ Neel cuts in: "Where'd you grow up?""Palo Alto," she says. From there to Stanford to Google: for a girl obsessed with the outer limits of human potential, Kat has stayed pretty close to home. Neel nod… Robin Sloan
