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August 1969 San Francisco. Ajax Penumbra seeks a book--the single surviving copy of the Techne Tycheon, a mysterious volume that has brought and lost great fortune for anyone who has owned it. Late one night, after another day of dispiriting dead ends, he stumbles across a 24-hour bookstore, and the possibilities before him expand exponentially.
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore, Robin Sloan
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- Released
- 2016
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robin Sloan
- Publisher
- Cornelsen
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 3060338647
- ISBN13
- 9783060338641
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Love, Sci-Fi, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, USA, American Literature, Technology, Secrets, Future, About Books, Internet, Riddles, Present, Debut, Libraries, San Francisco, Bookstores, Secret Societies, Immortality, Progress, Google, Letterpress printing, Ciphers, Silicon Valley
- First published
- 2012
- Original title
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- August 1969 San Francisco. Ajax Penumbra seeks a book--the single surviving copy of the Techne Tycheon, a mysterious volume that has brought and lost great fortune for anyone who has owned it. Late one night, after another day of dispiriting dead ends, he stumbles across a 24-hour bookstore, and the possibilities before him expand exponentially.