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Bob Johansson recién vendió su compañía de software por una pequeña fortuna y le ilusiona vivir la vida en grande. Lo primero en su lista de pendientes: gastar su nuevo dinero. En un derroche, contrata un servicio para preservar su cabeza en criogenia, en caso de muerte. Momentos después, pierde la vida al cruzar una calle. Al despertar, 117 años después, Bob descubre que su mente ha sido cargada a una sonda espacial inteligente, con la habilidad de replicarse a sí misma.

Los sorprendentes resultados de un experimento sobre el principio cuántico de la incertidumbre llevan al estudiante Bill Rustad y a sus colegas a crear un portal interdimensional por accidente. Encuentran "el otro lado": una Tierra alternativa con similitudes geológicas a la nuestra en la que los humanos jamás pudieron evolucionar. El grupo de amigos se concentra en asegurarse el control del portal antes de que el Gobierno, el Ejército o cualquier lunático se lo robe.

Bob Johansson no creía en el más allá, así que despertar después de morir en un accidente automovilístico fue una sorpresa. Para sumar a su conmoción, ahora es una computadora consciente y la inteligencia que controla una sonda Von Neumann.

There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: Spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe. Bob and his copies have been spreading out from Earth for 40 years now, looking for habitable planets. But that's the only part of the plan that's still in one piece.

Decidido a darles una vida mejor a su mujer y a sus hijos, Ivan Pritchard se adentra en los confines del espacio conocido junto con los astro-mineros de la nave Mad Astra. Está preparado para realizar los trabajos más duros y soportar la soledad, pero no para afrontar lo inimaginable. Tras entrar en contacto con una misteriosa sustancia alienígena, Pritchard descubre que comparte su mente con otra entidad mientras va sufriendo una perturbadora transformación física. Con su propia humanidad en juego, deberá salvar la Tierra de una guerra interestelar a gran escala.

Ser una nave espacial inteligente debería de ser más divertido, sin embargo, después de dispersarse por el espacio durante casi un siglo, Bob y sus clones simplemente no pueden evitar meterse en problemas. Los Bobs han creado suficientes colonias para que la humanidad no se extinga, pero las disputas políticas tienen el mal hábito de persistir a pesar de todo; y las sondas brasileñas aún siguen intentando acabar con la competencia. No conforme, los Bobs han elegido pelear contra una especie más antigua y más poderosa, con un apetito voraz y muy poca paciencia.

Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by Audible number one best seller Dennis E. Taylor. More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again. There has been no trace of him despite numerous searches by his clone-mates. Now Bob is determined to organize an expedition to learn Bender’s fate - whatever the cost. But nothing is ever simple in the Bobiverse. Bob’s descendants are out to the 24th generation now, and replicative drift has produced individuals who can barely be considered Bobs anymore.

Hace más de cien años, Bender dirigió su nave hacia las estrellas y jamás se volvió a saber de él. No ha habido rastro de él a pesar de las numerosas búsquedas realizadas por sus compañeros clones. Ahora Bob está decidido a organizar una expedición para saber cuál fue el destino de Bender, al costo que sea.

The epic and highly anticipated conclusion to the listener-favorite series that had countless Audible listeners (and employees) hooked from the very first Bob - featuring, as always, a flawless performance from the inimitable Ray Porter. Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for almost a century, Bob and his clones just can't stay out of trouble. They've created enough colonies so humanity shouldn't go extinct.

Earth is dying, and humanity is scrambling to set up colonies in other star systems. But the search process for habitable planets is not perfect, as the crew of the Ouroboros discover on arrival at their new home.

When an experiment to study quantum uncertainty goes spectacularly wrong, physics student Bill Rustad and his friends find that they have accidentally created an inter-dimensional portal. They connect to Outland - an alternate Earth with identical geology, but where humans never evolved. The group races to establish control of the portal before the government, the military, or evildoers can take it away. Then everything changes when the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts in an explosion large enough to destroy civilization and kill half the planet.

Decidido a darles una vida mejor a su mujer y sus hijos, Ivan Pritchard se adentra en los confines del espacio conocido junto con los astromineros de la nave Mad Astra. Está preparado para realizar los trabajos más duros y soportar la soledad, pero no para afrontar lo inimaginable. Tras entrar en contacto con una misteriosa sustancia alienígena, Pritchard descubre que comparte su mente con otra entidad mientras va sufriendo una perturbadora transformación física. Con su propia humanidad en juego, deberá salvar la Tierra de una guerra interestelar a gran escala.

If the past is prologue - what if the prologue never happened? When a team of scientists attempts to rewrite history, the story of the present turns out to have an ending they didn’t see coming. Over and over.

Dennis E. Taylor, author of the best-selling Bobiverse trilogy, explores a whole different, darker world in this sci-fi stand-alone. Determined to give his wife and children a better life back home, Ivan Pritchard ventures to the edge of known space to join the crew of the Mad Astra as an asteroid miner. He's prepared for hard work and loneliness—but not the unthinkable. After coming into contact with a mysterious alien substance, Pritchard finds an unwelcome entity sharing his mind, and a disturbing physical transformation taking place.

Jack Kernigan is having a bad day...a bad year...a bad life. After being booted out of MIT, he’s back in his Ohio hometown, working for the family business, facing a life of mediocrity. Then one day, out on a delivery, his truck hits...something. Something big...something furry...something invisible. And, it turns out, something not of this Earth. Fate can play funny tricks. Which is why Jack suddenly finds himself the planet’s best hope to unravel a conspiracy of galactic proportions that could spell the end of the human race.

The Yellowstone super-eruption has put an end to modern civilization. As cities and countries continue to fall, the colony of Rivendell in the alternate Earth known as Outland looks more and more like the only real hope for humanity. But life in Rivendell isn’t getting any simpler, either. Bill and Kevin continue to discover new worlds; the population continues to rise; winter is approaching; and everyone has their own opinion about how things should be run.

Ser uma nave senciente realmente poderia ser mais divertido. Mas depois de se espalhar pelo espaço por quase um século, Bob e seus clones simplesmente não conseguem ficar longe dos problemas. Eles criaram colônias suficientes para que a humanidade não fosse extinta. Mas as disputas políticas têm o mau hábito de serem duronas e as sondas brasileiras ainda são um problema.

Bob Johansson acaba de vender sua empresa de software por uma pequena fortuna e está ansioso por uma vida tranquila. O primeiro item de sua lista de tarefas: gastar! Ele então se inscreve para ter sua cabeça preservada criogenicamente quando morrer. Pouco tempo depois, é atropelado, morre e acorda 117 anos depois para descobrir que sua mente será enviada para uma sonda espacial senciente com capacidade de replicação. Bob e seus clones estão em uma missão para encontrar novos lares para a humanidade e corajosamente ir aonde nenhum Bob jamais esteve.

L'attesissimo sequel di "Noi siamo infinito (Noi siamo Bob)", vincitore del miglior titolo di fantascienza di Audible nel 2016. Gli ascoltatori lo definiscono "esilarante", "esattamente ciò che ci si aspetta da un'opera di fantascienza" e ciò che sarebbe successo se "Andy Weir ed Ernest Cline avessero avuto un figlio". Bob Johansson non credeva nella vita dopo la morte, e riaprire gli occhi in seguito a un incidente mortale è stato per lui un grosso trauma. Come se ciò non bastasse, è tornato in vita come computer senziente e intelligenza dominante in una sonda di Von Neumann.