A lot of the technology went over my head, but even I know about the newest research hypothesizing on the scarcity of habitable planets and the requirements thereof. I’m not going to pretend to be a physicist. This book has everything, whether you’re looking for hard science fiction with cool, fact-based tech or a humanist’s look at what the future holds. This is science fiction at its best: intriguing, yet sound scientific principles embedded in plenty of humor and human emotion. A compliment as both are some of my favorites in the genre. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad - very mad.ĭiscussion: My very first impression was that this is a mash up of Andy Weir’s The Martian and Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang. The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target.
If he declines the honor, he’ll be switched off, and they’ll try again with someone else. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. So it’s a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.īob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. It certainly sounded like it was worth the time.īob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. I don’t really watch their content except when Josh has it on nearby, but I perked up when I heard them discuss We Are Legion (We Are Bob). Why I Chose It: A YouTube channel my husband watches ( Corridor Digital) suggested this title.
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