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Here we are on the cusp of summer, surfing a swell of fruit & flower on the eastern edge of San Fran­cisco Bay, & I am feeling very fully employed. Nice to expe­ri­ence that phys­i­cally as well as mentally; the other afternoon, I went down for a nap, basi­cally involuntary. Mul­tiple streams of work are flowing. I go to sleep thinking about them, & then I dream about them. These dreams aren’t unwelcome. I’m Robin Sloan, a fiction writer with wide-ranging interests, which I capture here in my newsletter. This is an archived edition, originally transmitted in June 2025. You can sign up to receive future editions using the form at the bottom of the page. As usual, this newsletter has a few dis­tinct parts. Here’s what’s ahead: Moon­bound: in paper­back! Self-definition: expanded! Books: manga! Links & rec­om­men­da­tions: a few! We love a well-made hard­cover book … … but we love a per­fect-bound paper­back even more! Dif­ferent kinds of books demand dif­ferent forms, sure. For the nove

Double pulse From: Robin Sloan To: main newsletter Sent: June 2025 Double pulse Supernova Remnant Teleios (would make a great name for an anime series) Here we are on the cusp of summer, surfing a swell of fruit and flower on the eastern edge of San Fran­cisco Bay, and I am feeling very fully employed. Nice to expe­ri­ence that phys­i­cally as well as mentally; the other afternoon, I went down for a nap, basi­cally involuntary. Mul­tiple streams of work are flowing. I go to sleep thinking about them, and then I dream about them. These dreams aren’t unwelcome. I’m Ro

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