For We Are Many
Bobiverse • Book 2
Narrated by Ray Porter
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
You'll be mid-commute when you realize you've started rooting for six versions of the same dead guy — and somehow each one feels completely real.
- Great if you want: hard sci-fi that escalates fast while staying funny
- Listening experience: propulsive multi-POV format, harder to put down than book one
- Narration: Porter makes a dozen Bob clones feel like twelve distinct people
- Skip if: you haven't listened to We Are Legion first
About This Audiobook
Bob Johansson's consciousness now spans multiple artificial intelligences scattered across space, each copy pursuing different missions forty years after leaving Earth. While some Bobs search for habitable worlds and shepherd the remnants of humanity toward new homes, others have become reluctant guardians to primitive alien species. The scattered copies face mounting challenges as hostile Brazilian probes continue their destructive campaign, a xenophobic alien race threatens all biological life in their path, and Earth's survivors grow increasingly desperate. Each Bob must balance individual desires for exploration and solitude against their collective responsibility to preserve human civilization and protect vulnerable species from extinction.
Ray Porter delivers a masterful performance that brings distinct personality to each Bob copy while maintaining the overall character's sardonic wit and engineering mindset. His pacing perfectly captures the story's blend of hard science fiction concepts, cultural references, and dry humor, making complex technological discussions accessible and entertaining. Porter's ability to seamlessly shift between the various Bob perspectives, alien encounters, and tense action sequences creates an immersive listening experience that highlights the emotional depth beneath the story's technical premise.
