Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore

Technology has changed the way the world works in very productive ways. In the novel, Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore there are lots of examples of the benefits of living in a technological world. One of these benefits is speeding up repetitive tasks. This is seen when Clay scans the logbook at Google, a process that required flipping pages and taking photos. Another benefit of living in a technological world is the ease of communication. Throughout the novel, Clay uses his phone to communicate with his friends and even video chats with Edger Deckle at one point. Living in a technological world is also useful for organizing large amounts of data. This is demonstrated when Clay uses the accession Table to find the Gerritszoon punches and does so in a matter of minutes.

One of the benefits of living in technological world is that it helps to speed up repetitive task. This is first demonstrated when Clay goes to Google to scan the logbook. He is mesmerized by the spidery arms of the machine and even says, “I’ve never seen anything once so fast and so delicate.” (Sloan 91) This demonstrates the speed of the machine and

Throughout the novel, Clay uses technology to communicate with other people without a second thought. This form of communication is the most useful for Clay when he needs help to create the GrumbleGear 3000. For this, Clay needs help from the creator of scanner himself, Grumble. When he refers to Grumble’s forum, he says, “This is where Grumble himself appears, answering questions with brevity, precision, and all lowercase letters. This subforum is where i’ll ask for help.” (Sloan 162) The next day he gets an email back where he gives instructions on how to get a GrumbleGear 3000. Without his phone to communicate he might not have even been able to scan the Manvtivs. The technology made the communication across the world speed up