<description>&lt;p class="ck-paragraph" data-slate-node="element"&gt; &lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;Last year I picked up a book called '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ck-link" href= "https://www.robinsloan.com/moonbound/" data-slate-node="element" data-slate-inline="true"&gt;&lt;span contenteditable= "false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-slate-string= "true"&gt;Moonbound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span contenteditable= "false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;' by Robin Sloan and it blew me away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ck-paragraph" data-slate-node="element" data-slate-fragment= "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"&gt; &lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;Reading it was like riding some rainbow-speckled rocket ship where I experienced the bizarre combination of having no idea what was going on while not being able to wait for what happened next.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ck-paragraph" data-slate-node="element"&gt; &lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;The book was full of talking beavers. Talking swords! Strange video games. And ever-expanding worlds with wizards, who maybe aren't really wizards, and oh—it's narrated by a microscopic AI-type chronicler, who's been in many different lives across millennia and who now sits inside our protagonist's left shoulder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ck-paragraph" data-slate-node="element"&gt; &lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;The writing was like a jacked up 'Star Wars' meets 'Cloud Atlas' by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a class="ck-link" href= "https://www.3books.co/chapters/58" data-slate-node="element" data-slate-inline="true"&gt;&lt;span contenteditable= "false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;David Mitchell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span contenteditable="false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;featuring Willy Wonka and Mad Hatter types with moments of poignancy dashed in to let us see, and see around, our endlessly twisting lives together. It is a big, loud, cymbal crash of a book so after I was done I reached out to the giant-minded author Robin Sloan to invite him on the show.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ck-paragraph" data-slate-node="element" data-slate-fragment= "JTVCJTdCJTIydHlwZSUyMiUzQSUyMmRvY3VtZW50JTIyJTJDJTIydGhlbWUlMjIlM0ElN0IlMjJkb2N1bWVudCUyMiUzQSU3QiUyMmJhY2tncm91bmRDb2xvciUyMiUzQSUyMiUyM0ZGRkZGRiUyMiU3RCUyQyUyMmJ1dHRvbiUyMiUzQSU3QiUyMmJhY2tncm91bmRDb2xvciUyMiUzQSUyMiUyM2U4N2MxNyUyMiUyQyUyMmNvbG9yJTIyJTNBJTIyJTIzZmZmZmZmJTIyJTdEJTdEJTJDJTIyY2hpbGRyZW4lMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJ0eXBlJTIyJTNBJTIycGFyYWdyYXBoJTIyJTJDJTIyY2hpbGRyZW4lMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTNBJTIyVGhlJTIwYm9vayUyMHdhcyUyMGZ1bGwlMjBvZiUyMHRhbGtpbmclMjBiZWF2ZXJzLiUyMFRhbGtpbmclMjBzd29yZHMhJTIwU3RyYW5nZSUyMHZpZGVvJTIwZ2FtZXMuJTIwQW5kJTIwZXZlci1leHBhbmRpbmclMjB3b3JsZHMlMjB3aXRoJTIwd2l6YXJkcyUyQyUyMHdobyUyMG1heWJlJTIwYXJlbiVFMiU4MCU5OXQlMjByZWFsbHklMjB3aXphcmRzJTJDJTIwYW5kJTIwb2glRTIlODAlOTRpdCdzJTIwbmFycmF0ZWQlMjBieSUyMGElMjBtaWNyb3Njb3BpYyUyMEFJLXR5cGUlMjBjaHJvbmljbGVyJTJDJTIwd2hvJUUyJTgwJTk5cyUyMGJlZW4lMjBpbiUyMG1hbnklMjBkaWZmZXJlbnQlMjBsaXZlcyUyMGFjcm9zcyUyMG1pbGxlbm5pYSUyMGFuZCUyMHdobyUyMG5vdyUyMHNpdHMlMjBpbnNpZGUlMjBvdXIlMjBwcm90YWdvbmlzdCVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBsZWZ0JTIwc2hvdWxkZXIuJTIyJTdEJTVEJTdEJTJDJTdCJTIydHlwZSUyMiUzQSUyMnBhcmFncmFwaCUyMiUyQyUyMmNoaWxkcmVuJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMlRoZSUyMHdyaXRpbmclMjB3YXMlMjBsaWtlJTIwYSUyMGphY2tlZCUyMHVwJTIwJUUyJTgwJTk4U3RhciUyMFdhcnMlRTIlODAlOTklMjBtZWV0cyUyMCVFMiU4MCU5OENsb3VkJTIwQXRsYXMlRTIlODAlOTklMjBieSUyMCUyMiU3RCUyQyU3QiUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJsaW5rJTIyJTJDJTIyaHJlZiUyMiUzQSUyMmh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LjNib29rcy5jbyUyRmNoYXB0ZXJzJTJGNTglMjIlMkMlMjJjaGlsZHJlbiUyMiUzQSU1QiU3QiUyMnRleHQlMjIlM0ElMjJEYXZpZCUyME1pdGNoZWxsJTIyJTdEJTVEJTdEJTJDJTdCJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMiUyMGZlYXR1cmluZyUyMFdpbGx5JTIwV29ua2ElMjBhbmQlMjBNYWQlMjBIYXR0ZXIlMjB0eXBlcyUyMHdpdGglMjBtb21lbnRzJTIwb2YlMjBwb2lnbmFuY3klMjBkYXNoZWQlMjBpbiUyMHRvJTIwbGV0JTIwdXMlMjBzZWUlMkMlMjBhbmQlMjBzZWUlMjBhcm91bmQlMkMlMjBvdXIlMjBlbmRsZXNzbHklMjB0d2lzdGluZyUyMGxpdmVzJTIwdG9nZXRoZXIuJTIwSXQlMjBpcyUyMGElMjBiaWclMkMlMjBsb3VkJTJDJTIwY3ltYmFsJTIwY3Jhc2glMjBvZiUyMGElMjBib29rJTIwc28lMjBhZnRlciUyMEklMjB3YXMlMjBkb25lJTIwSSUyMHJlYWNoZWQlMjBvdXQlMjB0byUyMHRoZSUyMGdpYW50LW1pbmRlZCUyMGF1dGhvciUyMFJvYmluJTIwU2xvYW4lMjB0byUyMGludml0ZSUyMGhpbSUyMG9uJTIwdGhlJTIwc2hvdy4lMjIlN0QlNUQlN0QlMkMlN0IlMjJ0eXBlJTIyJTNBJTIycGFyYWdyYXBoJTIyJTJDJTIyY2hpbGRyZW4lMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTNBJTIyUm9iaW4lMjBTbG9hbiUyMGlzJTIwYSUyMHdyaXRlciUyQyUyMHByaW50ZXIlMkMlMjBhbmQlMjBtYW51ZmFjdHVyZXIlRTIlODAlOTRoaXMlMjBuZXclMjAzLXdvcmQlMjBiaW9ncmFwaHkhJUUyJTgwJTk0d2l0aCUyMHRocmVlJTIwbWluZC1leHBhbmRpbmclMjBub3ZlbHMlMjBpbmNsdWRpbmclMjAlRTIlODAlOTglMjIlN0QlMkMlN0IlMjJ0eXBlJTIyJTNBJTIybGluayUyMiUyQyUyMmhyZWYlMjIlM0ElMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmdlbmkudXMlMkZaT2FYQmklMjIlMkMlMjJjaGlsZHJlbiUyMiUzQSU1QiU3QiUyMnRleHQlMjIlM0ElMjJNci4lMjBQZW51bWJyYSVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjAyNC1Ib3VyJTIwQm9va3N0b3JlJTIyJTdEJTVEJTdEJTJDJTdCJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMiVFMiU4MCU5OSUyQyUyMCclMjIlN0QlMkMlN0IlMjJ0eXBlJTIyJTNBJTIybGluayUyMiUyQyUyMmhyZWYlMjIlM0ElMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5yb2JpbnNsb2FuLmNvbSUyRmJvb2tzJTJGc291cmRvdWdoJTJGJTIyJTJDJTIyY2hpbGRyZW4lMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTNBJTIyU291cmRvdWdoJTIyJTdEJTVEJTdEJTJDJTdCJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMiclMkMlMjBhbmQlMkMlMjBvZiUyMGNvdXJzZSUyQyUyMHRoZSUyMG1hZ2ljYWwlMjAnJTIyJTdEJTJDJTdCJTIydHlwZSUyMiUzQSUyMmxpbmslMjIlMkMlMjJocmVmJTIyJTNBJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZnZW5pLnVzJTJGbEpxQWclMjIlMkMlMjJjaGlsZHJlbiUyMiUzQSU1QiU3QiUyMnRleHQlMjIlM0ElMjJNb29uYm91bmQlMjIlN0QlNUQlN0QlMkMlN0IlMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTNBJTIyJy4lMjAlMjIlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQ="&gt; &lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;Robin Sloan is a writer, printer, and manufacturer—his new 3-word biography!—with three mind-expanding novels including '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ck-link" href= "https://geni.us/ZOaXBi" data-slate-node="element" data-slate-inline="true"&gt;&lt;span contenteditable= "false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span contenteditable= "false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;', '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ck-link" href= "https://www.robinsloan.com/books/sourdough/" data-slate-node= "element" data-slate-inline="true"&gt;&lt;span contenteditable= "false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-slate-string= "true"&gt;Sourdough&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span contenteditable= "false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;', and, of course, the magical '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ck-link" href= "https://geni.us/lJqAg" data-slate-node="element" data-slate-inline="true"&gt;&lt;span contenteditable= "false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-slate-string= "true"&gt;Moonbound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span contenteditable= "false"&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ck-paragraph" data-slate-node="element"&gt; &lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;Robin splits his time between the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley of California where he (wait for it) manufactures California extra virgin olive oil. 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&lt;span data-slate-string="true"&gt;Strap in as we discuss social media, AI ethics, childhood obsession, books as technology, olive oil, working with your partner, myths and identity, and, of course, the brilliant Robin Sloan's 3 most formative books…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ck-paragraph" data-slate-node="element" data-slate-fragment= "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"&gt; 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3 Books With Neil Pasricha

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Chapter 152: Robin Sloan weaves wonder and weirdness into the warbly world of words

SEP 7, 2025112 MIN
3 Books With Neil Pasricha

Chapter 152: Robin Sloan weaves wonder and weirdness into the warbly world of words

SEP 7, 2025112 MIN

Description

Last year I picked up a book called '​Moonbound​' by Robin Sloan and it blew me away.

Reading it was like riding some rainbow-speckled rocket ship where I experienced the bizarre combination of having no idea what was going on while not being able to wait for what happened next.

The book was full of talking beavers. Talking swords! Strange video games. And ever-expanding worlds with wizards, who maybe aren't really wizards, and oh—it's narrated by a microscopic AI-type chronicler, who's been in many different lives across millennia and who now sits inside our protagonist's left shoulder.

The writing was like a jacked up 'Star Wars' meets 'Cloud Atlas' by ​David Mitchell​ featuring Willy Wonka and Mad Hatter types with moments of poignancy dashed in to let us see, and see around, our endlessly twisting lives together. It is a big, loud, cymbal crash of a book so after I was done I reached out to the giant-minded author Robin Sloan to invite him on the show.

Robin Sloan is a writer, printer, and manufacturer—his new 3-word biography!—with three mind-expanding novels including '​Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore​', '​Sourdough​', and, of course, the magical '​Moonbound​'.

Robin splits his time between the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley of California where he (wait for it) manufactures California extra virgin olive oil. He also (yes) prints wonderful zines and sends out a delightfully nerdy newsletter every 29 1/2 days via his ​website​.

Strap in as we discuss social media, AI ethics, childhood obsession, books as technology, olive oil, working with your partner, myths and identity, and, of course, the brilliant Robin Sloan's 3 most formative books…

Let's flip the page to Chapter 152 now...