Robin Sloan

The great unboxing

I am so happy to be alive at a time in which unbox­ing is a thing that peo­ple do. (Well, not just do, but record and share—but that’s what the word means, right? The act of unbox­ing is really the act of shar­ing it.)

I’m going to try to keep a record of all the Annabel Scheme unbox­ings so far:

• The full photo-​​shoot from @OffBeatMammal.
• With acknowl­edg­ments high­lighted by @jenosaurus.
• Nice clear shot of the cover by @trammell.
• Every angle (includ­ing the back) from @museofchaos.
• One of my favorites—it actu­ally looks sorta quan­tum unsta­ble, doesn’t it?—from @jameystegmaier.
• Another good shot of the cover from @lenkendall.
• Another snap from @rjurney.
• Annabel in Sacra­mento from @howardweaver.
• A ter­rific shot from Mel—check out the rug in the background.
• This is sorta like the book’s mug shot from Rich Magahiz.
• Four copies splayed like play­ing cards from @vuokko.
• A nice self-​​portrait-​​with-​​book from @beckzorz.
• WHOAH how great is this shot from @jackcheng?
• Look­ing rather Scheme-​​like your­self here, @EC.
• Look­ing a bit sus­pi­cious here—but that’s to be expected from @magicandrew.
• Per­haps the best-​​composed shot of the four-​​pack—but that’s to be expected from @rodnaber.
• A gallery from @couch.
• A moody por­trait from @mbaratz.
• Scheme on the tree (with her ghostly face very appar­ent) from @BrianDeacon.
• And here’s a video (!) of the unbox­ing from @shamptonian!
• A mega-​​unboxing video from the Children’s School edited by Anthony Albright!

Also, check this out: @mmai made a Twit­ter list of Annabel Scheme back­ers! Worth fol­low­ing; it’s a fine group of people.

Let me know if you see any more (or did one your­self) that I missed!

P.S. The Twit­ter search for #annabelscheme is a river of delight.