A review by cheshiresnickersnack
We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor

2.0

It almost works as a parody of the god-fantasy of a narcissistic techno-yuppy, but ends up reading like the god-fantasy of a narcissistic techno-yuppy. None the less, I liked the pop culture references, and the differing personalities of the various Bobs. It needs more real characters for the Bob-god-von-neuman probes to interact with. I also liked exploring the local stellar neighborhood through Taylor's clear, snappy, prose, and I appreciated his love of engineers and engineering. The plot moves at a decent clip, even though much of the book reads like someone narrating the game turns of an explore, exploit, exterminate board game.