I love that her physical appearance is barely mentioned, except for the muscles she builds as she ventures out of the cubicle and into the farmer’s market. Sourdough features that most elusive of creatures: a female protagonist who behaves like a normal human being, who is not defined by her relationships with others, and who instigates her own adventures. (Its successor comes in solid form: “Market research indicates people associate liquid superfood with pessimistic science fiction.”) The robot arm that Lois works on is called the Vitruvian. There’s a food substitute called Slurry, available in convenient pouches. Words you will encounter while reading: pareidolia, proprioception, botrytis, molybdoenzymes. Big questions about how much we should embrace change and what’s worth holding on to. A hidden subculture with valuable secrets. A main character with endless intellectual curiosity, but without a 5-year or even a 1-year plan. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, it’s about many things: an undefined future that’s a lot like the present, but with cooler technology and subtle changes in society that have evolved as a result. Like Sloan’s other books, the self-published novella Annabel Scheme and his previous novel Mr. But that makes the book sound more whimsical than it is. The story involves a robotics engineer who receives an unusual and possibly sentient sourdough starter that sets her off on a baking journey. “Reading anything good?” “ Sourdough by Robin Sloan.” “What’s it about?”
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