I did have a little bit of trouble keeping some of the Bobs straight, but then they are supposed to sound alike. He gives us a lot of great voices for the variety of characters. The Narration: Ray Porter is always a joy to listen to. My little criticism is that this story needs more ladies in general. All around, it was a great ride with some awesome characters. These scenes were generally slower paced than the bigger stuff going on with Earth and Medieros. It brings up a lot of great questions about the ethics of a more advanced species giving a less advanced species a big leg up. The pace was fast and a lot was covered in this book.Ī side plot was Archimedes and the Deltans, a near-sentient species that Archimedes adopts and protects. I was very surprised when things went very wrong for Earth, but very glad that Bobs were there to save the human species. Then toss in Medieros, an AI bent on destruction. The human FAITH group was very believable, treating Bob as an object to own instead of a sentient being. We get a Will Riker-like Bob, Homer, Howard, and others. And due to numerous threats, Bob replicates quickly to basically form a cadre of Bobs to solve these difficult issues.

Bob of course is who the first AIs are based on. I loved how it turned into a very approachable AI story. Taylor’s hilarious novel sets the stage for the magnificent performance of Ray Porter, who revels in the brave new world of corpsicles, artificial intelligence, interstellar space probes, and space colonization in tantalizing detail.ĭiving into this series, I didn’t really know what to expect. Bob and his clones are on a mission to find new homes for humanity and boldly go where no Bob has gone before.ĭennis E. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. The first item on his to-do list: spending his newfound windfall. Since I’ve read all 4 of the Bobiverse books for an on-line book club, I decided to short reviews for each all in one post.īob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure.

The bobiverse series