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Moonbound
Moonbound: A Novel | Robin Sloan
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Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future adventure. In Moonbound, Robin Sloan has written a novel with the full scope and ambitious imagination of the very books that lit the engines of Mr. Penumbras 24-Hour Bookstore: an epic quest as only Sloan could conceive it, mixing science fiction, fantasy, good old-fashioned literary storytelling, and unrivaled enthusiasm for whats next. It is eleven thousand years from now . . . A lot has happened, and yet a lot is still very familiar. Ariel is a boy in a small town under a wizards rule. Like many adventurers before him, Ariel is called to explore a world full of unimaginable glories and challenges: unknown enemies, a mission to save the world, a girl. Here, as they say, be dragons. But none of this happens before Ariel comes across an artifact from an earlier civilization, a sentient, record-keeping artificial intelligence that carries with it the perspective of the whole of human historyand becomes both Ariels greatest ally and the narrator of our story. Moonbound is an adventure into the richest depths of Story itself. It is a deeply satisfying epic of ancient scale, blasted through the imaginative prism one of our most forward-thinking writers. And this is only the beginning.
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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I‘m not at all sure how you‘d go about describing a book like Moonbound - it‘s many things, blended quite beautifully together - best enjoyed, I think, if you just go with it. It‘s weird and meandering, it features gorgeous turns of phrase and deals with life, the universe and everything.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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I‘m so close but I have to go to bed 😭

Do I put my phone in flight mode and hope it doesn‘t disappear? 🙃 I‘m on set up and first desk in the morning so it‘ll be well into the afternoon before it‘s audiobook time…

julesG 🤞🏻🤞🏻 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, my plan was not a success which is a shame but happily the book version was available so I will finish it that way (the audio has 6 people waiting on it) 2w
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Jen2
Moonbound: A Novel | Robin Sloan
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Loved it!!!!

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JoyBlue
Moonbound: A Novel | Robin Sloan
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Panpan

This did not live up to expectations! [full review to come]

Larkken Too bad! The cover struck me when I was out book shopping and got it put on my list. 1mo
JoyBlue @Larkken Yes! [The cover is the best part of the book.] 1mo
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jen_the_scribe
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This one really did hold my interest in the beginning, but the further I got, the less I cared about these characters. And the way they all spoke in a very formal, semi monotonous manner was driving me crazy. The narrator was good, it was more about the way the dialogue was written. No one ever uses contractions in this story and it made them seem robotic somehow. #DNF #hailthebail

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451Degrees
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A novel set 11,000 years into the future, Ariel a young boy is destined for great things. But when he finds a sword and a sentient chronicler that makes his mind her new home in an ancient cavern, the wizard of the village goes into a rampage. To understand what he was destined for and to save his brother, Ariel sets out on a quest which leads him to robots, beavers that ride moths, and a diety you can only speak to at the bottom of a well. Wacky!

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jen_the_scribe
Moonbound: A Novel | Robin Sloan

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”

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jen_the_scribe
Moonbound: A Novel | Robin Sloan
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Already started listening to this one, and so far it‘s grabbing my focus just fine.

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catiewithac
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I found this novel uneven but interesting. It‘s definitely not a typical dystopian story; there are more fantasy and sci fi elements. It‘s a little like Robin Sloan condensed a fantasy series into one book. A bit of a mess but in the best way. 🦫

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Pogue
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Robin Sloan is always so engaging. If you ever get a chance to go and see him you should.

catiewithac How cool! 😎 4mo
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