Behind this, one could see the sad and avoidable consequences of technophobia fueled by intolerance, hate, conservatism, and sheer stupidity. But an AI construct of a human and a human, that´s so sinful that they first need to find a word for this extreme perversion. Because, completely logical, a relationship between a human and a human (of the correct gender, sexual orientation (not so much race anymore although that´s secretly still quite important for many people)) is cool. That could be forever in love if there weren´t brainwashed kids that are against the relationship. Especially when playing parship therapist for Kind of out of the grave, short before disappearing, good old fanatic extremism tries to do as much damage as possible. Who else, if not faith and ideology, should ruin the idea of immortality? It´s even kind of understandable, because this would destroy the business model of heaven and hell, thereby making all the holy men, especially JC, sad and that would be bad. By combining these short bits, Taylor fuses a wonderful picture of different settings that make every reader happy, no matter if worldbuilding, emotions, or battles are the preferred sci fi alien drug. The Bobs lift off towards instant cult, fusing a grain of military sci-fi with social sci-fi themes, uplifting, space exploration, and especially the context of biologically inspired built AI, immortality, and the relationship and friendship with real humansĭuring most of the journey, the story jumps between 2 alien species who need some uplift, the fight against 2 enemies, the relationship between one bob and a woman, and the ruins of Earth.
All it will take to save the Earth and perhaps all of humanity is for them to get it to Sol - unless the Others arrive first. A couple of eighth-generation Bobs have found something out in deep space. Yet salvation may come from an unlikely source. But the Bobs are less disciplined than a herd of cats, and some of the younger copies are more concerned with their own local problems than defeating the Others. Still stinging from getting their collective butts kicked in their first encounter with the Others, the Bobs now face the prospect of a decisive final battle to defend Earth and its colonies.
And the Bobs have picked a fight with an older, more powerful species with a large appetite and a short temper. But political squabbles have a bad habit of dying hard, and the Brazilian probes are still trying to take out the competition. They've created enough colonies so humanity shouldn't go extinct. But after spreading out through space for almost a century, Bob and his clones just can't stay out of trouble. Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun.
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