We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse Book 1)

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My minor criticisms of the book would be: It seemed like Bob should have woken up 1000 years in the future not 100. Some more detail on how the world ended up a crazy theocracy would have been interesting, although the "Cliff Notes" version was fun. I'm not sure that either narrator Ray Porter or Taylor knew exactly what to do with Homer He's kinda dumb but kinda smart? Some sort of defective Bob might have been interesting. I think of the "Simpsons" episode where all Homer's sperm bang into each other saying "Doh". I guess Homer is just a Bob who liked "The Simpsons" but didn't really sound like him? Not too sure and I thought some of the Chapters ended a little awkwardly. I have seen this setting in many Sci-Fi novels, but never as the driving force for a series. It must be extremely difficult to write a novel out of such a confining perspective and still integrate so much suspension and wit into it. It certainly helps that the Bobs can multiply and that the worldbuilding and technobabble take some room in the opening novel. The series is centered about Bob Johansson who has just sold off his software company and he’s looking forward to having a luxurious. There are m many places to go, several movies to watch and a lot of books to read. So, it’s rather a little bit unfair when Bob gets killed when crossing the street.

Authors, if you are a member of the Goodreads Author Program, you can edit information about your own books. Find out how in this guide. Just like We Are Many, this is a fun book, and could be read together as one (which is kind of how I read them). I can’t emphasise enough what a seamless, cruisy reading experience this book and its predecessor are – I love complex, weird or experimental novels, but it’s great to read a book that is simply a straightforward story done well. Alter, Alexandra (2 June 2018). "Want to Read Michael Lewis's Next Work? You'll Be Able to Listen to It First". The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-11-16. The story is about a young millionaire who invests into cryogenetics - a project freezing your head after your death so you can be revived and given a new (enhanced) body by science in the future (once the technology exists). The opportunity to not only pay but actually participate in the program comes much sooner than he had thought (that's what you get for crossing the street at the right place - bwahahahaha) but when he wakes up things have ... not exactly gone according to plan.I loved the beginning and the world building. Although it was quite info-dumpy at times, I overall really liked learning about how the world progressed into the theological dystopia that it is in the first 4-ish chapters. But let's add onto this the fact that, when you're reading this series, not only do you have to go into the mind of Bob... You go into the mind of literally a dozen Bob clones. And even though they're all actually different from each other with unique personalities (Who knows why this happened?), they are STILL.... not that interesting. Have you ever wished you could undertake true space exploration but realistically believed that your lifespan may not be long enough to survive the journey? Well, not if you are Bob. But it´s not and will not be forever, all just a question of time. To be a part of a hive mind, an entity or a Gaia superorganism, to be a single entity, or used by evil forces, all of these options are better than to vanish forever. Living happily ever after forever with all loved ones could be an option too, but a terribly boring topic for a book without all the escalation options it offers too.

I recognized Dr. Landers’ voice. The word was “missiles.” Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word “missiles” could be a good thing… Nope. I got nuthin’." I was also not surprised by the presence of “The Others” but as I said this book is fun fluff, so a slightly predictable storyline was not a deal breaker for me. Taylor's works have been translated to several languages, including Japanese, [11] German, [12] French [13] and Polish. [14]But … he didn’t actually “wake up”. Turns out his body really is dead but his mentality is stored and uploaded in a computer. I enjoyed the first part of this series, but part two was a bit of a letdown. The main character "Bob" and all his AI clones (which are all inexact variations of his core personality) have become a little too annoying for me. I mean, who is this book for? It's not a young adult book. But the man (lol, he's an artificial intelligence based on a human template with emotions) has to deal with apocalyptic destruction, species-wide genocide and personal heartbreak and yet he can't muster up a single obscenity? It's like his personality is G-rated. It got on my nerves after a while. Similarly, his humor was not humorous, it has become cheesier than in part one.