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Robin Sloan

The home page of Robin Sloan, author of the novels Moonbound, Sourdough, and Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore.

Popular posts: 10
Total points: 3,633
HN comments: 1,921
Rank: #365 personal

Visit robinsloan.com → RSS feedOn Hacker News May 2012 – Feb 2026

Society, Policy & Culture 6 Life, Learning & Writing 6 Science & Space 2 Software Engineering 2 Math & Algorithms 1 Games & Graphics 1

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An odd discovery on Spotify

20221,056 points571 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

New releases; good catastrophes; an alluring and unnerving encounter.

2

The futures of Facebook and Google are embedded in these two images

2012474 points251 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

3

The muscular imagination of Iain M. Banks: a future you might want

2024231 points258 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

A future you might actually want to live in.

4

The thinking path

2023175 points43 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

Novel news; a review for the NYT.

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What happens when you ask people to pick the lowest unique prime number.

2012129 points54 comments Math & Algorithms details

6

Alien Signals

2020127 points63 comments Science & Space details

Memories of long-ago Sunday nights on the road.