..works best on small screens!
As far as hard science fiction goes, the story of Bob Johansson’s journey from twenty-first century tech bro to sentient and sarcastic Von Neumann probe populating and defending the known universe through his technical prowess and Trekkie knowledge leans into the lighter side of fictional fare.

Author: Dennis E Taylor; Read by: Ray Porter

Post: Another Five Books?
Thursday the 10th of October, 2024, in the late afternoon.

I finished book five about a week ago and I’m already onto another read, but I figured I should at least give Bob and his clones a proper send off.

These are decent books and I do like them, but I will say that book five was a bit more scattered than the previous four. There was a solid plot, yeah, and the story progressed in a long arc sort of way, but the whole thing seemed a bit more like there were a half dozen short stories shuffled together like a deck of cards into a single novel-sized package. The series had already been about a guy who (spoiler alert) digitally clones himself and propagates across the galaxy, so there are increasingly more stories to tell as the bob-iverse expands and branches and subdivides infinitely onwards.

So I guess if the author really is aiming for a teen book series as he claims in his blog, he’d better figure out how to focus the story—at least in my opinion.

Post: Wormholes and AI
Saturday the 7th of September, 2024, in the evening.

The fifth book in the Bobiverse series showed up in my audiobook library the other day and I quickly moved it to the top of my reading/listening queue.

I’m still not sure if this series counts as humour science fiction or speculative fan service, but i’ve enjoyed every title in it, whatever it is. In only a couple chapters into book 5 tho, so more thoughts on the book and the whole series as I keep reading. Um, listening.

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Length: 5 Volumes
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