![]() ![]() The narrator's performance is excellent and he is able to make clear the different personalities of all the AI offspring of Bob. It was a very entertaining read, especially as an audiobook. There are threats, but they don't feel really high stakes because Bob (and his copies) are nearly all-powerful and are constantly inventing and upgrading technologies and building them with their bots and setting up autofactories that build and run themselves. ![]() The humor is geek media culture references with a side of dad jokes. The tone is optimistic and it is definitely not meant to be gritty or realistic. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. ![]() This is a sci-fi adventure comedy romp with a bit of philisophical musing, but not too deep. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. Scouting for liveable planets for humans to colonize. He wakes up and learns that his brain has been scanned and uploaded into a computer so that he can train to become the AI for a space exploration probe ship. The very next day, he is hit by a car while crossing the street and dies. He decides to spend at least part of it on signing up for cryogenic preservation service. Robert Johansen is a tech engineer who just sold his start-up enterprise for a whole lot of money. ![]()
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