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Dennis E. Taylor: All These Worlds (2017, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency) 4 stars

"Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space …

Review of 'All These Worlds' on 'Goodreads'

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 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.