We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse: Book 1

By Dennis E. Taylor

"I love the Bobiverse Some of the best sci-fi out there. These novels have everything, but most importantly Bob was there, too." --Andy Weir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Project Hail Mary

Featuring stenciled edges, original art for the front and back endpapers, and a new cover.

The book that launched a thousand Bobs and the first novel in the Bobiverse series from Dennis E. Taylor, part space adventure, part philosophical voyage, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) is a captivating and hilarious exploration of the joys and dangers of artificial intelligence, the wonders of space, and everything that may await us out there.

Welcome to the Bobiverse. We are Bob. We are legion. And we never intended on this.

Bob Johansson had a plan. After selling his software business, a leisurely retirement awaited him. And, if the cryogenic lab freezing his head succeeds, an even longer retirement in the distant future when his corpsicle gets reawakened. Everything was looking up for Bob. That is, until he's killed crossing the street just moments after signing the papers.

A century later, Bob wakes up, not in a utopia but an Earth on the precipice of war. America is run by an extremist government that stripped his rights as a frozen head, uploaded his consciousness into an AI, and selected him to search space for habitable planets as a self-replicating von Neumann probe. It's not ideal, but if he declines, he'll be switched off for good.

With Earth in turmoil, space may actually be the safest place for Bob. But the government failed to mention that he isn't alone...at least three other countries are looking to claim the next Earth, and they play dirty. Using his new abilities and the von Neuman technology he does what any engineer would do: He makes more Bobs--and a virtual cat--and sets to save humanity before it's too late.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1668221578
• ISBN13: 9781668221570
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: S&s/Saga Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Welcome to the Bobiverse!

Call me a fan of the Bobiverse! He is the one that humanity needs to survive and I am so glad he decided to cryofreeze his head upon death, to be revived when the technology is discovered for it. And it certainly was in the nick of time! It starts off nicely strong with the wake up of Bob as a replicant and learning about how the world is and what his new place will be. Cue the nerdy applause as he is chosen to be the one to lead humanity to the stars! Just in time too! It does get a bit science technical right after Bob heads into space and figures out how to do his job, with a bit of help from Guppy (after a bit of tinkering!) but then it gets downright exciting with space fights against other probes, more Bobs being created, existence of alien life (both good and bad!), saving the earth (not sure if it is deserving after what humanity did after Bob left) and so much exploring of new systems with interesting planets. I was hooked by then and love all the Bobs, plus I am really invested in those Deltans! It is such a good first book and I am so eager to get into the rest of the series to see if humans survive their new lands, whether their will be peace with other replicants (or total extermination!) and long live Bob and all is iterations (Riker, Homer, Bill, etc!) I am so happy to have been introduced to this series and I highly recommend it! Don't be put off by the science in the beginning because it sure picks up action wise and you don't want to miss the might and mind of Bob!