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# Heaven's River (Bobiverse)

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Civil war looms in the Bobiverse! 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. Some of them oppose Bob’s plan; others have plans of their own. The out-of-control moots are the least of the Bobiverse’s problems. Undaunted, Bob and his allies follow Bender’s trail. But what they discover out in deep space is so unexpected and so complex that it could either save the universe—or pose an existential threat the likes of which the Bobiverse has never faced.

Review: Thoroughly enjoyable story in the Bobiverse. Fun, witty, thought-provoking. Six Stars. - Just finished this book. Thoroughly enjoyed it. As with the rest of the Bobiverse books, it combines a good concept with fun, witty writing and just the right amount of science. It's a real shame that the first reviews you'll see trash the book because of the author's decision to give Audible an exclusive release window before publishing the print and Kindle editions. Come on folks, artists deserves to make decisions on how to monetize their work. Anyway, enough of the business side of things, and on to the book ... About twenty pages into this book, I decided I needed to go back and read the first three to refresh my memory of Pavs, the Others, Bob genealogy, who is on which planet, etc. It was fun to go back and start from the beginning, even though I'd seen the ending. This fourth book picks up on the unsolved disappearance of Bender, whose absence persisted in defiance of Chekhov through the first three. Unlike the first three books, which spanned multiple stories across multiple worlds, the action of this fourth book is focused almost exclusively on one world. Of course, Ringworld was also limited to one world, so it's not much of a limitation. As with other books in the series, the writing is sharp, and authentic nerds will catch all kinds of references that zip by without the need for comment (i.e., they'll be missed by non nerds, but that's OK by all of us). This book gets a bit more into the philosophy of artificial life (a theme that was introduced in the first book, but then dispensed with quickly when Bob-1 looked into the abyss and decided "Still Bob"). I credit the author, who has a point of view, for treating the subject in a way that lets readers develop their own. This fourth book is devoid of the space battles that punctuated the first three; honestly, I didn't even notice the missing military sci fi element until I'd finished. The only downside is that I could see the resolution of the central mystery about ten parsecs away (as will anyone who remembers TOS 022). Despite the similarity of premise, the treatment was different enough that I still thoroughly enjoyed the book, and given the role Star Fleet plays in this book, I viewed the similarity as hommage. The last chapter makes it clear that the author plans to continue this series (yeah!) but the book does not end on a cliffhanger (double yeah!). By Book 4, it's hard for an author to write a book that's consistent with but distinct fro the first three. This author accomplishes the task. It's the Bobiverse, all right, but no sharks are jumped. By the way, if you haven't read Bobiverse 1-3, I'd recommend starting from the beginning. It's not strictly necessary, but you'll enjoy the book more if you understand the universe and the characters, so it's worth starting this journey from the headwaters.
Review: arguably the best of the series - So, the start of the series was fun but a little underwhelming in a few key (to me) ways. The characterizations were (and remain) fairly thin (although that's offset by the nature of the MC and other chars to an extent), relationships/interactions are pretty shallow and just to deliver plot points mostly, and the early plot didn't really do anything surprising or thought provoking w/ the premise; it was sorta like one of the newer streaming series (well done, but no 1984). I tend to read for relationships/interactions, and it's just not this author's strong suit, so that's a preferences mismatch. Someone who wants SF about hardware and action would be more pleased with this; preferences vary, and that's OK. I think this was, in some ways, the best of the series (which was, at least, always entertaining). He does a lot more with the premises, technology, philosophy, and personalities, rather than a simple "we went out, there were aliens". There are a (very) few funny bits, dialog is pretty good, and the chars stay in-char (they're just not super developed, but most are copies of Bob so...). I thought the chase sequence really dragged on a bit and could have been shorted with a summary in places, but it was ok. Overall, this final book raised my opinion of the series quite a bit.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #989,557 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #16 in Hard Science Fiction (Books) #25 in First Contact Science Fiction (Books) #2,297 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,190 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thoroughly enjoyable story in the Bobiverse. Fun, witty, thought-provoking. Six Stars.
*by E***T on September 7, 2021*

Just finished this book. Thoroughly enjoyed it. As with the rest of the Bobiverse books, it combines a good concept with fun, witty writing and just the right amount of science. It's a real shame that the first reviews you'll see trash the book because of the author's decision to give Audible an exclusive release window before publishing the print and Kindle editions. Come on folks, artists deserves to make decisions on how to monetize their work. Anyway, enough of the business side of things, and on to the book ... About twenty pages into this book, I decided I needed to go back and read the first three to refresh my memory of Pavs, the Others, Bob genealogy, who is on which planet, etc. It was fun to go back and start from the beginning, even though I'd seen the ending. This fourth book picks up on the unsolved disappearance of Bender, whose absence persisted in defiance of Chekhov through the first three. Unlike the first three books, which spanned multiple stories across multiple worlds, the action of this fourth book is focused almost exclusively on one world. Of course, Ringworld was also limited to one world, so it's not much of a limitation. As with other books in the series, the writing is sharp, and authentic nerds will catch all kinds of references that zip by without the need for comment (i.e., they'll be missed by non nerds, but that's OK by all of us). This book gets a bit more into the philosophy of artificial life (a theme that was introduced in the first book, but then dispensed with quickly when Bob-1 looked into the abyss and decided "Still Bob"). I credit the author, who has a point of view, for treating the subject in a way that lets readers develop their own. This fourth book is devoid of the space battles that punctuated the first three; honestly, I didn't even notice the missing military sci fi element until I'd finished. The only downside is that I could see the resolution of the central mystery about ten parsecs away (as will anyone who remembers TOS 022). Despite the similarity of premise, the treatment was different enough that I still thoroughly enjoyed the book, and given the role Star Fleet plays in this book, I viewed the similarity as hommage. The last chapter makes it clear that the author plans to continue this series (yeah!) but the book does not end on a cliffhanger (double yeah!). By Book 4, it's hard for an author to write a book that's consistent with but distinct fro the first three. This author accomplishes the task. It's the Bobiverse, all right, but no sharks are jumped. By the way, if you haven't read Bobiverse 1-3, I'd recommend starting from the beginning. It's not strictly necessary, but you'll enjoy the book more if you understand the universe and the characters, so it's worth starting this journey from the headwaters.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ arguably the best of the series
*by F***T on June 1, 2024*

So, the start of the series was fun but a little underwhelming in a few key (to me) ways. The characterizations were (and remain) fairly thin (although that's offset by the nature of the MC and other chars to an extent), relationships/interactions are pretty shallow and just to deliver plot points mostly, and the early plot didn't really do anything surprising or thought provoking w/ the premise; it was sorta like one of the newer streaming series (well done, but no 1984). I tend to read for relationships/interactions, and it's just not this author's strong suit, so that's a preferences mismatch. Someone who wants SF about hardware and action would be more pleased with this; preferences vary, and that's OK. I think this was, in some ways, the best of the series (which was, at least, always entertaining). He does a lot more with the premises, technology, philosophy, and personalities, rather than a simple "we went out, there were aliens". There are a (very) few funny bits, dialog is pretty good, and the chars stay in-char (they're just not super developed, but most are copies of Bob so...). I thought the chase sequence really dragged on a bit and could have been shorted with a summary in places, but it was ok. Overall, this final book raised my opinion of the series quite a bit.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thoroughly enjoyable hard sci-fi
*by T***A on February 21, 2021*

With a dash of transhumanism, since the protagonist characters aren't biological any more. This book is the continuation of the first three, which concluded a story arc and seemed to be the end. With this one, the author reopens the Bobiverse for us. We follow the Bobs through their less-than-professional way of doing things as they clandestinely board an alien topopolis and interact with their inhabitants, some of which are convinced that the Heaven's River is the whole universe. Meanwhile, the Bobs have internal strife and a looming clash with the biological humanity comes to a head. Along with the aliens from the first trilogy, there's surely more to look for in the next books. Like the previous series, the author has researched physics and engineering really well. Aside from the single Clarketech that makes the story possible, everything is believable even to our current understanding of materials and science. That lets us explore along the author what the possibilities are for Humanity: transhumanism, megaengineering, interstellar colonisation, coexistence with aliens, etc. He does also bring up some of the current problems in our understanding of the Universe, like the Great Silence and the Fermi Paradox (I suppose that was inevitable as he had Isaac Arthur for a consultant, someone whose YouTube channel I also enjoy). Unlike the previous trilogy, this book spans only about a year of time. The viewpoint shifts across multiple star systems, but everything is real time and linear. That means we lose one of the characteristic writing styles of the first trilogy, which was the jumping around through time, which forced the reader to keep track of who was were and how much time had elapsed since. That was challenging, so this much is now much easier to read, which I hope means the audience can be bigger because the author deserves it. The book is also covered with trivia related to current sci-fi. Nothing that will take away if you don't know them, but like in Futurama, it'll make your reading that much more enjoyable if you do get the references. What I didn't expect were the references to Craig Allanson's Expeditionary Force series (check it out if you haven't yet). I guess the author is a fan, which the author and I have similar tastes. I can only approve. PS: with 10000 Bobs, surely they must have run out of unique names, right? Though don't call them Shirley.

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