Neel takes a sharp breath and I know exactly what it means. It means: I have waited my whole life to walk through a secret passage built into a bookshelf.
Robin SloanI feel a little whirl of dislocation -- the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected
Robin SloanHer home is the burrow of a bibliophile hobbit -- low-ceilinged, close-walled, and brimming over with books.
Robin SloanI walk alone in the darkness and wonder how a person would begin to determine the circumference of the earth. I have no idea. I’d probably just google it.
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