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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. But political squabbles have a bad habit of dying hard, and the Brazilian probes are still trying to take out the competition. And the Bobs have picked a fight with an older, more powerful species with a large appetite and a short temper.
Still stinging from getting their collective butts kicked in their first encounter with the Others, the Bobs now face the prospect of a decisive final battle to defend Earth and its colonies. But the Bobs are less disciplined than a herd of cats, and some of the younger copies are more concerned with their own local problems than defeating the Others.
Yet salvation may come from an unlikely source. A couple of eighth-generation Bobs have found something out in deep space. All it will take to save the Earth and perhaps all of humanity is for them to get it to Sol - unless the Others arrive first.
All These Worlds is the third installment in the blockbuster Audible Original Bobiverse series - which has sold more than one million copies.
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- Virgil
- 08-08-17
Clean ending to a fantastic series
Note: Early readers need to redownload to get the complete book!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As with any series ending, you always wish there was more, and this book didn't feel as complete as the others, but was still a great read. The conflicts that arose were varied, and exposes the depths of humanity's desire for power and self interest. They were not as complex as in the previous two books, and the resolution came about a bit easy at times, but it didn't take away my enjoyment. Besides, we wanted to get to the battle with the Others anyway. Again, it was over a bit too quickly, but definitely gives you a sense of finality. The only minor sticking point is the Medeiros story line doesn't feel as complete. There are some real emotional highs and lows in this book I don't want to come close to spoiling. Overall a great end to a fantastic series.
Ray Porter's performance is amazing.
Do not read this book without finishing the previous two.
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- Craig Schorling
- 08-20-17
Satisfying End to a Fun Series
It took a while for this one to get going for me but by the end of it I felt completely satisfied. Taylor wraps up all the loose ends and gives fitting endings to all of the characters. In keeping with the other 2 books, this one kept the balance of humor, pop culture references, heartfelt moments, and action. Ray Porter continues to show why he is one of the best in the business. I look forward to his future works.
I hope that this is the ending. Not because I'm glad it is over but rather I would hate to see it be brought back and have the conclusion tainted. The subjective nature of the ending is something that my friends and I are continuing to discuss and that is what makes a great story.
Overall: 4.75/5
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- JJ
- 07-26-18
I wonder what could have been
I'm not a writer and don't pretend to be a critic. It's easy to see what occurs in multi-sequel books and movies, that it's just not easy to tie a grand scheme together time after time. This is sort of how I felt with the wrap up of this series. The first part was excellent, interesting and novel... a new twist to AI and space exploration. But as the story progressed, it got bogged down in personal politics and rushed storytelling. It's like the author came to a crossroad in book 2... to the left lead a path that would bring this series to epic proportions and galactic grandeur, while the right path lead to a quick and convenient end. You can sense the greatness of what could have been and, in finishing the story, I felt a sense of loss that it could have been more.
That is not to say it was not enjoyable. It was just too conveniently and quickly ended.
The narrator was good throughout the books and finished well here in book three.
It was worth the credit and I don't regret it, although I'll continue to wonder what could have been.
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- Jim "The Impatient"
- 03-15-18
NOTHING HAD EVER BEEN INVENTED OR DISCOVERED
THAT WAS BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE
I loved book one
I liked book two
I could not finish book three
I listened to almost five hours. No aliens, very little space exploration, but lots of politics and fist fights on that planet with the cave men. First of all if you have not read the first two books, do not even try this one, you will be totally lost. If you were not crazy about book 2, this is worse.
This had way too much explanation about stuff I don't care about. It as like listening to someone explain how to play Forge of Empires. I great game to play, but not to listen to.
Ray Porter does one hell of a good job
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- Daniel W Summers
- 08-08-17
a Great Trilogy
For the early downloaders like me, re-download. It got cut off. This set of books was a fresh angle for me on sci-fi. It kept me engaged in it and considering everything, it is safe enough to let my kids read too without being too explicit, which is something I highly value. Great job!
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- Brian A. Hague
- 08-08-17
Early Adopters got a shortened book
What did you love best about All These Worlds?
Great wrap up to the trilogy, Unexpected ending to Butterworth... but gotta put some twists in some time. Wanted more Pavs, gotta bring them up to modern times.
What about Ray Porter’s performance did you like?
Great voice actor... glad they kept him for the trilogy!
Any additional comments?
If you got this and there are only 63 chapters, remove it then download it again, and you'll get the rest of the chapters. They "fixed, the glitch".
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- Greg
- 09-01-17
Eh??
I loved the first and second book. But this one seemed like the author just wanted to finish the book off and move on (felt rushed). Quick convenient conclusions of everything. Still enjoyable.. just not to par with the previous books.
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- Mr. Efrain B. Sr.
- 08-15-17
Excellent
Excellent and imaginative. a really interesting view of what the human mind is capable of if given time. And how politics, Religious views and fanaticism can easily destroy a civilization.
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- Vaughn
- 08-09-17
Why is this not a TV series!
This book is an excellent unique story. Each Bob has his own story. Lots of action, some romance and a very in depth plot.
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- A Reader Named Matt
- 07-26-18
If you got this far, you have a pretty good idea
This is the weakest of the Bobiverse books, but it's still good and if you finished the previous two you will of course want to find out what happens. My main complaint is the jumps between multiple plots with hugely different stakes. One plot might be concerned with the fate of an entire race, another they might be purely personal, and they play out at the same time, without either plot informing the other. It's a bit schizophrenic. But I still recommend the whole series, and Ray Porter's voice will always BE Bob to me.
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- ISee
- 08-30-17
Loitering in the stone age and missing opportunity
I really liked the first book, was a touch underwhelmed by the second book and hate myself for disliking the third.
I am sad to say that I have found this third instalment very superficial in that it gave the impression of simply typing up all the loose ends to close the series and introducing no interesting or new concepts. What's more I found a lot of characters and thought processes unrealistic.
The others were building a dyson sphere in the book 2 and I half expected this to be about Matrioshka brain of the others versus parallel computing of the Bob, but all it came down to was just a big old fight with nukes and lasers and I felt that it was a missed opportunity to make the story thought-provoking like a culture novel would. The fact that the others were barely even mentioned until chapter 63 was another irritant in my opinion. Instead, this sc-fi novel lingered for at least four times as long as it needed to on the stone age deltans.
Lastly, I have spent an unreasonably large amount of effort to not just stop listening when the colony council decided to attack one of Bob's clones in an effort to retain their power over the colony, after having been warned and dismissing Bob's objections and concerns and after Brigitte's daughter has done everything possible to annoy the Bob clone.
BOB! the God-like AI that controls weapons, food and everyone alive owes their life to! If It were me, I would let it go taxidermist on my mother if it felt like it, but apparently in the Bobiverse, everyone and their dog are happy to just underestimate and dismiss the all-powerful being, with neither respect, gratitude, awe, nor fear motivating them to at least taking heed to Bob's input.
I did once again tear up at the funeral scene however, but I think that speaks more about y being a mellow wreck of a person with age, more than anything.
I am very sorry, but I did not like this book.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-08-17
Mistake was made and corrected
My initial assumption was correct - the recording came without the last hour/14 chapters, but now it contains the full book. You just have to redownload it. If Audible can contact early buyers they should do so, because it would be a great shame if they wouldn't be able to experience a proper closure to this great series.
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- R Claridge
- 01-29-18
I need more
Absolutely loved the Bobiverse. So much better than it sounds. It's like a collection of awesome short stories all intertwined into one epic universe and overarching plot. I want to load up a backup from a few months ago so I can listen to them all again.
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- Emily
- 08-11-17
Literally could not put it down!
One of my favorite series ever, I'm genuinely sad its over...think I'll go listen to the first one again
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- Heffy
- 09-09-19
One of the best series ever written
Truly incredible writing. This series has something for everyone; anthropology, AI, space, classic sci fi references, philosophy, psychology, comedy, suspense, what it means to be human and what it means to evolve, imaginative new species, both younger and older than our own, exploration of various types of relationships and their meaning to us as individuals, gorgeous emotional character development, varied but not convoluted plot, absolutely incredible narration with beautiful characterisation and acting. I honestly cannot recommend these books enough. Thoroughly enjoyed.
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- mark fowler
- 08-15-17
mediocre
I really enjoyed the first two books but this one felt rushed. I enjoyed the story but it could of been so much better.
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- Steph H
- 01-22-18
Fantastic
I love this series, it's just brilliant. The writing is good, the amount of humour is perfect and the characters although all the Bob's originate from one it's so great to see the differences between them. I loved that although they were basically the same there were ones that I was more interested in hearing how they were doing than others.
If you like sci fi then I'm sure you will enjoy this trilogy.
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- Sharon Barron
- 10-31-17
A terrific read
Given the subject matter is the adventures of cloned computerised minds as they make their way through the galaxy, the humanity of the story is fulsome. This is a touching account of what it means to be human in the face of adversity. The various "Bobs" - the cloned minds of a dead programmer - pursue different paths, love in different ways, and fight for the existence of all sentient life. It's warm, clever and gripping, with no padding and a pacy storyline that allows the reader very little put-down time. But for the need to sleep, I would have read this in one sitting. I look forward to the next episode in the Bobiverse.
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- Elmamaria
- 10-10-18
Sad
So sad that this is the last of the trilogy. Will live in hope of more Bob stories.
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- jason
- 08-18-17
An excellent way to finish
All loose ends neatly tied up. Leaving you wanting more but allowing you to complete in your imagination. Worried about the length don't be, just enough
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- Anonymous User
- 01-11-18
Awesome!
Funny, entertaining, educational and a great story. Listened to it in the car on a long trip with the family (kids 14 & 12) and we all loved it. Had to pause regularly for interesting family converations prompted by Bobs as well. Had to stop at Maccas for wifi to download the next two books because we couldn't wait!
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- Alter Ego
- 09-27-17
Really enjoyed the performance.
Performance was great in all 3 books. Really enjoyed it. 6 stars just for that.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-25-17
Brilliance
This trilogy of books has had me so entertained I couldn’t leave my car as I would have to turn it of. If these books were made into a movie then Star Wars and Star Trek will have to move over.
I couldn’t be more satisfied.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-09-17
Bittersweet end
my previous review, if it's still around, was based on a copy which had not downloaded correctly so was missing about 20 chapters. no wonder it seemed abrupt.
This book mostly wraps up the threads introduced in the last two and my there are a lot of threads and Bobs to keep track of. A nice ending to an enjoyable series.
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- ben walker
- 09-18-17
Excellent conclusion.
A satisfying wrap up to a fresh take on the sci fi genre. I loved it!
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- Samuel Nielsen
- 08-31-17
Good nerdy scifi, ordinary work of fiction
It's great if you're a big geek like I am, but it's not particularly well written fiction. The plot isn't extraordinarily exciting or complex and has its holes, a lot of the events are just not convincing, and the descriptive work is a bit light on adjectives. Also if you're actually a scientists you'll notice a lot of hit and miss. Sometimes you'll be impressed, other times you'll cringe.
All in all an enjoyable read but there are better options out there.
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- Linden
- 04-02-22
Outstanding
The best sci fi series I have read in a long time. Imaginative science, mixed with great humanity. Fast paced but not breathless.
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- George Theodoridis
- 02-04-21
Diminishing returns
The first book had enough good sci fi ideas to well counterbalance the teen age level hokey humour and emotional life of the protagonist/s. The second less so. The third is where i tap out.
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- Jarryd
- 09-30-17
Well done Dennis, at least you finished it.
Dennis E Taylor has grown tired of writing these books.
Old characters were destroyed and never replaced, new locations and events seldom developed and all rushed towards the conclusion of this series.
Dude has a strong work ethic, and must use SCRUM or something. I've never read a book that felt like labour, devoid of passion like this.
What a rotten way to end a wonderful, fresh series. Typical American BS too, just blow everything up and then pop some Champaign to celebrate.
F this book.
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- Chaz Lewis
- 09-05-17
A must read for Sci Fi fans.
A somewhat realistic outcome for the future of the human race. An important story to hear for this reason. Really impressive narration as well.
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