Blurb: (From Book 1) Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.
Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he'll be switched off, and they'll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty.
The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. Or so he thinks. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad - very mad.
Review: Such a great concept for a series! Reading about Bob explore the universe and clone himself is wonderfully enjoyable. The author does a fantastic job of handling sci-fi concepts in this series, and their juggling of the multiple point of views (which I was doubtful would work), turned out to be great.
I thoroughly enjoyed how this series presented problems / situations that could be found in the universe. Be it how humanity could deal with new settlements, how interacting with non-human intelligent life could go, or how different technology paths can develop. Each book in this series has a rather well rounded ending, and even if they are not stand-alone, it is very easy to take a break between books and read something else. I found this series relaxing, despite the potentially heavy content within, and well written. It is a huge recommend if you're after a non-traditional type of adventure book.