We are Legion (We are Bob)

[Rynn]

I've listened to the audiobook at the recommendation of my girlfriend. No spoilers beyond the blurb; Bob is a stereotypical tech nerd that wouldn't be out of place on a site like this, aside from ticking every box a bit too perfectly. He's the type of person with insurance that means his body will be frozen upon death. Then he has an accident and wakes up uploaded in a centuries time, now the property of the state who want to use him as the governing intelligence of an interstellar Neumann probe. Events continue and the bulk of the story is told out in interstellar space, flicking between different instances of Bob as they get created.

It's a pretty popular story, IMO because it's an easy, accessible read to the typical transhumanist ideas that have been floating around for decade. I think whether or not one likes it will come down to whether or not one likes Bob, because for much of the story Bob (and the multiple forks of him) is the only character. The book is also jam packed with Sci Fi and pop culture references (not any recent ones though). Expect a lot of mentions of Star Trek, the Simpsons and a tonne of other old TV.