# We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/we-are-legion/

12 people recommended We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 8 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Readers call this a fun spacefaring adventure series and many plan to keep reading the later books.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, fantastic spacefaring series (3 comments in the sample): "I enjoyed it a lot though, and definitely plan to continue with the series." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46397592)) "So far it's a very fun spacefaring adventure." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45948358)) "The bobiverse books are fantastic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46396064))
- Readers continuing through the series (3 comments in the sample): "It is absolutely one of my favourite series and made Dennis E Taylor an absolute goto author for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47468163)) "I recently enjoyed a few books of the "We are Legion, We are Bob" series" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48494134)) "currently part way through we are legion read by ray porter" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46389148))
- Strong loyalty to Taylor as author (1 comment in the sample): "+1 for Stross, Egan and the Bobiverse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47671296))

## Other science fiction novels people recommend

- [Blindsight by Peter Watts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blindsight/): 78 recommend, 18 mixed, 23 criticize
- [Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/children-of-time/): 64 recommend, 1 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Accelerando by Charles Stross](https://hackerapproved.com/p/accelerando/): 63 recommend, 7 mixed, 8 criticize
- [There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/there-is-no-antimemetics-division/): 57 recommend, 34 mixed, 28 criticize

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1668221586)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/book/9781668221587)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor", https://hackerapproved.com/p/we-are-legion/ (12 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.