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This is a wonderful fantasy involving a strange bookstore in San Francisco that has almost no customers. Clay Jannon, an out-of-work web designer, gets hired by Mr Penumbra as a night clerk. The same few people frequent the store repeatedly searching out strange books. Clay and his friends are intrigued by the secret behind Mr Penumbra's bookstore.
The book is an intersection between Google decoders in the new world of Information Technology, and the old world of Fifteenth Century printmaking. It ...more
The book is an intersection between Google decoders in the new world of Information Technology, and the old world of Fifteenth Century printmaking. It ...more
Having lost his job as marketing whizz for a bagel store, Clay answers an ad in the window of a dark and dusty bookstore for a night clerk. He soon realizes there are two types of customer, and one type is distinctly odd...
I enjoyed the beginning of this and loved the setup at the bookstore. There were other things I liked, too - Neel and his breast animation company was great and almost believable - I have a niece who has interned on video game design and tells tales of similar real companies, ...more
I enjoyed the beginning of this and loved the setup at the bookstore. There were other things I liked, too - Neel and his breast animation company was great and almost believable - I have a niece who has interned on video game design and tells tales of similar real companies, ...more
What a charming little love letter to books in any format. I’m glad I listened to this one.
I was immediately sucked in by the mystery of the Way-Back shelves and by all the very-specific-hyper-genius characters. Every once in a while I started to prickle at the tropes but I was having too much fun to get mad about it. If you make a habit of reading my reviews, you know sometimes I seem to be on a mission to get mad, so that’s some serious entertainment value.
Soon though, the mystery started roll ...more
I was immediately sucked in by the mystery of the Way-Back shelves and by all the very-specific-hyper-genius characters. Every once in a while I started to prickle at the tropes but I was having too much fun to get mad about it. If you make a habit of reading my reviews, you know sometimes I seem to be on a mission to get mad, so that’s some serious entertainment value.
Soon though, the mystery started roll ...more
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