Ratings675
Average rating4.2
It was okay...
I found the first half of the book pretty good, I was very invested during Bob's training and the resulting debate about humanity when resurrected as a computer program, but once the story got into space it got dull and boring very quickly.
From the several branching stories in space, I only got invested in the Delta system, which also became boring really fast. Once Bob started interacting with the residents of that system they completely lost me. I find interesting this idea to be the start of religion in society, but I don't believe that Bob could invent a translator in so little time.
The story in Sol was annoying because humans are so selfish, that they didn't deserve to be rescued. In that regard, I liked the contrast between the Delta system and Earth, where the cavemen were more civilized than the technology advance society.
The other stories were so vague that I couldn't get invested, and the technological progress done by Bill was so handwavy that it gave me movie magic feelings.
From the first half of the book, I got the feeling of this book is a hard sci-fi story exploring the technology and ethical problems that are encountered during space exploration.
But instead, I got half a book where that's the case and half a book where they ignore the first part and it becomes a comedy that doesn't take itself seriously enough.