A quick recap of the first book and basic outline of the universe, here (with some minor spoilers of the first book): these books are set more than a hundred years in the future. Humanity has been ravaged by devastating global wars, and is on the brink of extinction. Their only recourse is salvation by recolonization to be orchestrated by the AI Bob, who was created from the cryogenically frozen brain of a mid-21st century tech entrepreneur. Alongside this, the Bob (who has cloned himself […]
Why aren’t we all talking about this book?!
This is what you get if John Scalzi were to write The Martian infused with Ready Player One, and I can’t believe this hasn’t been reviewed a dozen times for the Cannonball Read. Now, let me be clear, I don’t think this book is quite as good as either The Martian or Ready Player One, but it’s got the same feel as those books. The protagonist, Bob, is a smartass, and very capable of solving problems with science – just like Mark Watney. But Taylor […]