Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб

, #1

eBook, 330 pages

Russian language

Published Aug. 5, 2021 by Fanzon.

ISBN:
978-5-04-155364-7
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4 stars (74 reviews)

Боб Йоханссон – инженер и фанат вселенной «Звездного пути» – заключает договор с криокомпанией, которая обязуется сохранить его мозг после смерти и подарить новую жизнь, когда наука достигнет достаточного прогресса. Но Боб и предположить не мог, в какой переделке окажется, очнувшись через 117 лет. Америкой управляет религия, криокомпания обанкротилась и продала своих замороженных «клиентов» на аукционе. Теперь Боб – «репликант», копия, оцифрованная личность, не имеющая тела. Чтобы не стать «мозгом мусоровоза», Боб на полную использует чувство юмора, знания и изобретательность. Боба должны загрузить в межзвездный исследовательский корабль. Его цель – космос

3 editions

reviewed Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб by Dennis E. Taylor (Вселенная Боба, #1)

Review of 'Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

A decent premise ruined by a thoroughly irritating POV character that we end up with multiple indistinguishable copies of. There is a moment near the start where it looks like an unsympathetic character might possibly have to confront his character flaws and suffer for his hubris, but nope, Bob turns out to be the perfect Mary Sue for this post apocalyptic space exploration Isekai. The most irritating feature is the author's tendency to declare various things as universal truths when there's scant evidence presented to justify it and besides this is a work of fiction, bringing attention to it just ruins the suspension of disbelief. By far the most disgusting section is his adventures intervening in primitive civilizations where every decision is wrong and horrific but is apparently justified.
Steer clear, for tales of distributed intelligence go read the Ancillary books, for hard sci-fi tales of early stage colonization there's …

reviewed Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб by Dennis E. Taylor (Вселенная Боба, #1)

Review of 'Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I actually really enjoyed this one. I'd put it in the same category as something like "A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet": a quick, nice read. Nothing too challenging idea-wise, and it's not going to win any awards for innovation in the genre, but I don't regret reading it. A great book for a vacation read, I think, and the different Bobs let it sample a couple of different genres in a neat enough way.

Review of 'Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

We've knocked off 99.95% of the human race, and somehow the crazies still manage to survive. It just defies the odds.

Enjoyable book that was a light read that also had a fairly deep concept to work from. What does it mean to be sentient? What prevents someone from embodying that concept? How much of yourself remains you when you're no longer your original self?

Each POV/Bob had a unique voice that made following the story easy. I found myself invested in each story arc and the book flew by. The pop culture references were light (not as heavy handed as Ready Player One) and the story wasn't burdened with explaining the science.

Onto For We Are Many.

Review of 'Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Very enjoyable read. Lots of thorough figurative (and some literal) world-building, done by an author with both an enjoyable, sardonic sense of humor and a Project Manager's thorough approach to such things. Definitely a solid entry in the "fun reads" pile; I'll be queuing up the next one.

Review of 'Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A fun, geeky sci fi adventure with some interesting theoretical science behind it. If you enjoyed books like Ready Player One, Year Zero, and Old Man's War, you'll probably love this one. Wealthy software magnate Bob signs up to have his brain cryofrozen on death in hopes of future resurrection -- but when he wakes up, he learns the US has dissolved and his brain is now property of a religeous state who has declared the deceased have no rights. Bob's intelligence has been uploaded to a self-replicating space probe with the mission to explore, multiply, and find colonizable worlds -- but he's not the only probe out there and the other countries are both trying to get theirs out first, and destroy Bob. The book follows Bob's mission and, without giving too much away, the plot takes several twists. My only complaint is that it got a little confusing …

reviewed Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб by Dennis E. Taylor (Вселенная Боба, #1)

Review of 'Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Lighthearted, often funny. Not terribly new ground, and didn't really wrestle with the question of what makes a person a person for as long as I would've liked. Also intro'd the idea of variation amongst the clones but didn't really explore its source or ramifications.

reviewed Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб by Dennis E. Taylor (Вселенная Боба, #1)

Review of 'Мы – Легион. Мы – Боб' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A thouroughly enjoyable book! Had some LoLs in the beginning of the book. Love the nerdiness of it. My attention started to flag near the end of the book. The author lost my attention there, and at the end, I had to rewind some minutes because the ending is abrupt.
All the Bob-versions were awesome, the premise is great. Now please, keep up the good writing, as in: the good writing from the start of the book, not the boring writing of the end. Writing endings is a particular skill in writers, and not all of them are good at it (for example, Neal Stephenson really sucks at it). But it is something you can practice.
So, I'm looking forward to more Bobbiverse!

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Subjects

  • Space warfare
  • Planets
  • Fiction
  • Space flight
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Colonization