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Dennis E. Taylor

でにす・いー・ていらー

Denisu E. Teirā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Coquitlam, Canada
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada → Near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Computer programmer
Active Years
2015-2024
Memberships
XPRIZE Foundation Science Fiction Advisory Council
Nominations
Seiun Award Finalist (2019, We Are Legion (We Are Bob)), Audie Award Finalist (2021, Heaven's River), Prometheus Award Finalist (Heaven's River)

Awards

Best Science Fiction Audiobook of the Year
2016
Work: We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Category: Science Fiction Audiobook
Organization: Audible
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

2016 Hard Science Fiction

Bob Johansson, a rich man, wakes up from cryonics as an AI uploaded into a Von Neumann probe and explores space, replicating himself.

Artificial IntelligenceMind UploadingSpace ExplorationHuman Future
Translations
  • Hayakawa Publishing (Hayashi Koji trans.)

For We Are Many

2017 Hard Science Fiction

Bob's clones deal with threats on Earth and expand.

AIHuman Survival

All These Worlds

2017 Hard Science Fiction

Continuation of Bobiverse adventures.

Space ExplorationAliens

Heaven's River

2021 Hard Science Fiction

Bob searches for a lost replicate in an alien megastructure.

Alien CivilizationExploration

Outland

2015 Hard Science Fiction

Parallel Earths and humanity's fate in quantum multiverse.

Quantum EarthGlobal Catastrophic Risk

The Singularity Trap

2018 Hard Science Fiction

Encounter with AI and singularity trap.

SingularityAI

Bibliography

  • See Wikipedia for complete bibliography

Translations of Works

  • Japanese, German, French, Polish

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Large-scale hard science fictionHumorous toneLighthearted
Recurring Motifs
CryonicsMind uploadingArtificial intelligenceGlobal catastrophic risk

Legacy

Known for hard SF exploring AI and human condition. Success in audiobooks, translations in several languages.

Trivia

  • Former programmer
  • Many Audible Originals
  • XPRIZE SF Advisory Council