We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Rambling Readers

9 hours, 56 minutes

English language

Published Sept. 20, 2016 by Audible Originals.

ASIN:: B01L082SCI
Audible ASIN:: B01L082HJ2

(5 reviews)

There's a reason We Are Legion, We Are Bob was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself. Bob and his clones are on a mission to find new homes for humanity and boldly go where no Bob has gone before.

5 editions

Christin White reviewed We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #1)

An entertaining new space exploration series

3 stars

We Are Legion is a delightful combination of tried and true sci-fi tropes mixed together into a novel premise of a displaces from the early 21st century into the near future where things have gone terribly wrong for humanity. Bob is quickly dispatched to explore the galaxy and maybe, just maybe, find a way to save humanity, one replication at a time. What We Are Legion nails is blending that all together with a lot of humor and a never ending number of pop-cultural references and just enough hard science fiction to simply be a lot of fun.