We are Legion (We are Bob) | Book Review | Dennis E. Taylor

We are Legion (We are Bob) is book 1 in the Bobiverse trilogy written by Dennis E. Taylor
Each chapter of We are Legion is written from the perspective of Bob or a Bob clone. Taylor does an amazing job of creating an individual personality for each Bob clone which is still Bob but with just enough difference that they separate characters. While reading this book I formed connections and got to know the different Bobs enough to anticipated how each would react to a situation. Character building on a different level than I have ever read.

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I finally got to listen to the audio book of this. I think your review highlights important parts of the story without getting into any spoilers. A great book and thanks for putting it on my radar, despite how long it took me to get to it.

[manwbttcks]

originality: The initial premise is somewhat close to Larry Niven's old "A World Out of Time" (AWOOT) novel where this guy named "Corbell" is dead then is thawed out by "The State" after a hundred years and forced into being a interstellar ramjet pilot. Of course back then, Corbell was a physical guy, so Taylor's twist is that Bob is just the mind image and memories and no body. Obviously at some point, ideas have to repeat somewhat in Sci-Fi. AWOOT in the later parts is totally different from the Bobiverse (Corbell disobeys, goes off using relativistic time dilation to outlive the "State" and comes back to a solar system radically altered by planetary engineering)

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I have listen to all Dennis Taylor's works and I think u capture the essence and fun of the series.

[CHMichael]

Absolutely addictive my personal top 10. They get better.

[teegee]

Love this series. Treat yourself to the audio version. The fourth book wasn't quite as good as the original trilogy, but still fun and progresses the universe nicely.

[snoeki]

Great t-shirt Greg! A space cat novel would be great also lol. Now I am going to watch this video and enjoy a beer, have a nice day (I am curretnly painting two bedrooms in our house, so I a m a bit late on watching your new video). I also am starting reading book 2 of the Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Time series, if you don't know this one, check it out. Well worth reading.


Edit: I just watched this video, another one on my to read list. I love clones and shape shifters. These books are quit difficult to find, so I am glad you reviewed it. Thanks. And looking forward to your critical review, I love critical reviews, so please upload it, I am really curious.

[daniellebeasom]

This book was so good. I read 3/4 in 2 days.

[apachedisco]

Dennis E. Taylor made a great scifi series. Beyond the mind fuck of being a clone of millions His humor is a thread through it all.

[cliffcox]

The book started great and ended ok. Why do I say this? Because as Bob's multiply and take on the various antagonist, be it the Brazilian guy or the aliens, in the book, Bob says, Oh, I didn't know we can do that now as they seem to overcome obstacle after obstacle, seemingly w/o effort. They just surmount issue after issue and can do things, that even more advanced enemies cannot do. It just seems too easy.

[paulbrown]

Not sure if you are only into books, but Twilight Imperium 4 is in my opinion the best sci fi board game ever made. You should check it out! It has was and technology and politics you name it.

[unpronouncable]

Greg are you interrested in reviewing HFY? I love "Deathworlders" (Jenkinsverse) it is an amazing ongoing story (every month a new chapter 74 chapters so far) and I would love to hear what you have to say about it.

[vryusvin]

*Spoilers, kinda*

Good review, thanks!!! I'd argue that the tech is 5/5. It's not groundbreaking, but I loved that the busters were the first, simplest and fastest things Bob could come up with, but WOW- they end up serving so many purposes! A fusion reactor with a hard shell? YES! PLUS, how Bob thinks through things like rail guns until the end when Bill does his thing- (the Star Wars thing). It might not be all accurate, but it is so consistent with the Bobiverse that I love it. Just a thought from someone who has yet to get his copies of the next two books in the mail.

Thanks again!

[Guppy, check the mail]

[Sword_Boi]

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RIP Homer 😢

[reychawl]

I know this review is over a year old (lol) - but can you attest if the first book is slow at first and picks up the pace once he starts cloning? I have the audio book, and my family highly recommend this book - but it's been difficult for me to get through. I'm at the part where Riker starts his first mission, maybe that's like a fourth of the way through?

So, would you say it's slow at first and gets more plot driven as you continue or do I have to come to the conclusion maybe I don't like sci-fi and my opinion is no reflection on any books in the genre?