Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street. Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he'll be switched off, and they'll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty. The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. Or so he thinks. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad - very mad.
Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street. Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he'll be switched off, and they'll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty. The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. Or so he thinks. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad - very mad.
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Large-scale hard science fiction exploring interstellar exploration, self-replicating probes, and artificial intelligence gained widespread popularity through the Bobiverse series. Canadian novelist Dennis E. Taylor, writing as Dennis Taylor, gained prominence with his debut Bobiverse novel We Are Legion, which follows a digitized human mind managing space travel, first contact, and human survival across light-years.
Born in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Taylor spent many years working as a computer programmer before transitioning into writing. While working in software engineering, he self-published his first novel and began working with an agent to place his second manuscript, We Are Legion (We Are Bob). Although he initially faced difficulties securing traditional publication, the book found major success and launched his career as a full-time author.
Now retired from computer programming, Taylor splits his time between Coquitlam and Whistler, British Columbia, where he lives with his wife, Blaihin. Alongside writing, he is an active snowboarder in the winter and mountain biker in the summer. He has expanded his bibliography beyond his flagship series to include standalone tech-thrillers and sci-fi mysteries such as Flybot.
Taylor's fiction is rooted in hard science fiction principles, leaning heavily on technological concepts, orbital mechanics, and artificial intelligence development. Drawing directly from his background in software development, his stories frequently examine how synthetic minds, autonomous software, and uploaded human consciousness interact with complex physical environments and human society.
A distinct aspect of Taylor's narrative approach is combining technical accuracy with humor, practical problem-solving, and buddy-scientist dynamics. His works regularly address existential threats to humanity, first contact scenarios, the ethics of post-human existence, and the logistical challenges of deep-space colonization across multiple star systems.
3 books in catalog
Large-scale hard science fiction exploring interstellar exploration, self-replicating probes, and artificial intelligence gained widespread popularity through the Bobiverse series. Canadian novelist Dennis E. Taylor, writing as Dennis Taylor, gained prominence with his debut Bobiverse novel We Are Legion, which follows a digitized human mind managing space travel, first contact, and human survival across light-years.
Born in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Taylor spent many years working as a computer programmer before transitioning into writing. While working in software engineering, he self-published his first novel and began working with an agent to place his second manuscript, We Are Legion (We Are Bob). Although he initially faced difficulties securing traditional publication, the book found major success and launched his career as a full-time author.
Now retired from computer programming, Taylor splits his time between Coquitlam and Whistler, British Columbia, where he lives with his wife, Blaihin. Alongside writing, he is an active snowboarder in the winter and mountain biker in the summer. He has expanded his bibliography beyond his flagship series to include standalone tech-thrillers and sci-fi mysteries such as Flybot.
Taylor's fiction is rooted in hard science fiction principles, leaning heavily on technological concepts, orbital mechanics, and artificial intelligence development. Drawing directly from his background in software development, his stories frequently examine how synthetic minds, autonomous software, and uploaded human consciousness interact with complex physical environments and human society.
A distinct aspect of Taylor's narrative approach is combining technical accuracy with humor, practical problem-solving, and buddy-scientist dynamics. His works regularly address existential threats to humanity, first contact scenarios, the ethics of post-human existence, and the logistical challenges of deep-space colonization across multiple star systems.
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