Sunday, November 24, 2013

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore / Robin Sloan / 288 pages

"Strange things are afoot at Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore,"  says the new clerk, Clay Jannon.  What a tour de force!  The themes portrayed in this book are every bit as awesome and inspiring as the plot itself.  Books and fellowship (friendship) are the keys to immortality.  Clay Jannon lost his job as web design master for a bagel chain due to recession cutbacks.  Procuring a job at Mr. Penumbra's unique, somewhat skinny bookstore, he and his friends from sixth grade are instrumental in cracking a 500 year old code dating to the 1500's.

"Books are the key to immortality."

The Library of Congress has 700 miles of shelves off site in warehouses.

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