Cadair reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
A gripping ending
5 stars
I really enjoyed that, a gripping ending to the Sol plot.
ebook epub, 384 pages
German language
Published Oct. 5, 2022 by Penguin Random House.
4 stars
(155 reviews)
Hundert Jahre nachdem Bob Johansson ausgezogen ist, um auf fremden Planeten eine neue Heimat für die Menschheit zu finden, kann man sagen, dass er seine Mission erfüllt hat: Unzählige Kolonien haben er und seine Kopien in der Galaxis gegründet und die Menschen vor dem Aussterben bewahrt. Dabei haben sie sich allerdings einen mächtigen Feind in Form einer hoch entwickelten Alien-Zivilisation gemacht, die nun die Menschheit bedroht. Um den Kampf gegen die Aliens zu gewinnen, bleibt Bob und seinen Kopien nur eine Chance: Sie müssen in den Deep Space ...
theRealBassist reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
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5 stars
This book really focuses on death, grief, and the way we all process it, and it's a really... "contenting" process throughout the book. I really really enjoyed it, and it's probably among my top 10 books.
Balise reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
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3 stars
This was still pretty good, but didn't keep my attention as much as the previous installments.
Zelse reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
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4 stars
A good end to an enjoyable series (though I think there's now a fourth entry on Audible?). Just enough pathos to allow a bit of catharsis and give the story some extra punch.
Sean Gursky reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
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4 stars
You wouldn't think anything of someone with a prosthetic arm, right? Just think of me as an extreme amputation case.
All These Worlds is a spectacular conclusion to the Bobiverse trilogy. This book continued to explore emotions, responsibility to ephemerals, and what it means to be alive. This story was able to weave guilt and grief in with humour, and dangle a Fermi paradox in for good measure.
I am continually amazed at how simple of a concept this series is and yet how thought provoking it can be. This book flew by because I was eager to read the next sub-plot and see how everything would get concluded...and don't worry, it does!
This has been an excellent series that felt fresh and definitely a page turner (I haven't read a book this fast for a while).
This is supposed to be a fresh start for humanity. We're supposed …
You wouldn't think anything of someone with a prosthetic arm, right? Just think of me as an extreme amputation case.
All These Worlds is a spectacular conclusion to the Bobiverse trilogy. This book continued to explore emotions, responsibility to ephemerals, and what it means to be alive. This story was able to weave guilt and grief in with humour, and dangle a Fermi paradox in for good measure.
I am continually amazed at how simple of a concept this series is and yet how thought provoking it can be. This book flew by because I was eager to read the next sub-plot and see how everything would get concluded...and don't worry, it does!
This has been an excellent series that felt fresh and definitely a page turner (I haven't read a book this fast for a while).
This is supposed to be a fresh start for humanity. We're supposed to start over, without all the former prehistoric bullshit. And instead, this government is just starting it up all over again.
I am reminded of Seveneves and one critique I had was about the repetition of humanity to make bad decisions. I referenced Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweet about Interstellar then, and I will do it again here: "In #Interstellar: On another planet, around another star, in another part of the galaxy, two guys get into a fist fight."
It's so perfect and absurdly accurate, but maybe humanity will always be at each other's throats and repeating mistakes from our past? And without the support of the Bob's, would humanity be doomed?
I love the questions this book raises without being too heavy handed. Fun read and highly recommend the book/series to others.
saxnot reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, 3)
Really loved all 3 books and it kept me away from sleep because I had to read
5 stars
It's really good. The series is about the sentience "Bob" which is uploaded into a self-replicating spacecraft and then travels the galaxys, helps the humans, ... etc. I won't go into spoilers here. The topic of "artifical" versus "natural" intelligence plays a major role in the books and "Bob" is confronted with many situations in which he feels very human and/or very computer and/or struggles with the line between the two.
The pacing is very well done. The book overall is well-crafted and VERY WELL RESEARCHED. Yes it's still fiction but I'd say 98%+ of the book is based on real & possible physics.
Comtief reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
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4 stars
Good continuation of the books, looking forward to next one.
Minotaur reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, 3)
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3 stars
A decent finish to the series.
Wetdryvac reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, 3)
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5 stars
Well now, that's one hell of an endgame - and one hell of a start.
Martin reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
None
5 stars
Yay! A satisfying conclusion! All is well in the bobiverse.
Kibrika reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
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Maybe it's just me being a bit sick, but I got tired by the end of this book and couldn't quite keep up. I don't know how the situation they got in could be prevented from sounding in part like an accounting problem (how many of this unit vs how many of those; how many people vs how much space; how many minutes vs how fast can we...) and I've always disliked big battles in general.
I guess the book wrapped up as well as it could but now I'm left with the feeling that I was supposed to care most about first Bob for some reason more than others.
The few things I disliked most about the last two books are the lack of other human replicants, and the lack of alien species that are not just humans by another name (except for the one and we don't get …
Maybe it's just me being a bit sick, but I got tired by the end of this book and couldn't quite keep up. I don't know how the situation they got in could be prevented from sounding in part like an accounting problem (how many of this unit vs how many of those; how many people vs how much space; how many minutes vs how fast can we...) and I've always disliked big battles in general.
I guess the book wrapped up as well as it could but now I'm left with the feeling that I was supposed to care most about first Bob for some reason more than others.
The few things I disliked most about the last two books are the lack of other human replicants, and the lack of alien species that are not just humans by another name (except for the one and we don't get to explore it much). The book gives a super weak excuse for the first and none at all for the second.
I did really enjoy the idea behind the series, and I don't feel like it wore too thin, but I'm glad it's over and not turning into a soap opera where you tune in to follow a cast of favourite characters doing predictable things.
Paudie reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
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4 stars
A great end to a fantastic trilogy, perfect you in keeping with the rest of the series.
Zivan reviewed All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
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4 stars
It has come to my attention that All These Worlds doesn't end where I thought it did. Just before a great battle.
It turns out my Audible download file was cut short about 2 hours before the end of the book.
After redownloading and listening to the end, I need to revise my review.
All These Worlds definitely has an ending.
And I'm upping the star rating to 4.
>> This is an intermediate book that ends not so much on a cliff hanger as in the middle of a sentence.
We get to see more of the nation building aspects and less of the war fighting aspects of the Bobaverse.
