Not Till We Are Lost by Dennis E. Taylor
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

On an enjoyment level, this totally succeeds. I mean, it's Bob. And Bob adjacent. And not-Bob. And for a great amount of storytelling, we're on a long, singularity-jumping hop across a vast portion of time and space, figuring out what happened to a now-defunct galactic civilization.

I mean, come on. I don't think I could ever get tired of this stuff. I mean, I've played Mass Effect way too many times, right? And let's not forget countless old-and-new SF that attempts to answer those long-asked questions. You know. The Fermi ones.

But to have a geek-turned-von-Neumann probe be our guide? Priceless.


As for an actual analysis of this as an SF, however? Well, it's just episodic and focused more on thinking things through than actual plot, but who cares. It's FUN.



Personal note:
If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.

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