Bob Johansson
Names: Bob JohanssonBobRobertRobert Johanssonoriginal BobBob Johannson
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 1 (Bob Version 1.0)
Appearances
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B2
B3
B4
B5
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 1Bob Johansson is a software engineer who has just sold his company, InterGator Software, to Terasoft for a fortune.
- Ch 1Bob signs up with CryoEterna to have his head frozen after death, hoping to be revived by future medicine.
- Ch 1Bob is recovering from a breakup with Jenny, who cheated on him, and still has panic attacks about it.
- Ch 1Bob is a humanist who believes in no afterlife; if he dies, his choices are revival or nothing.
- Ch 1Bob is hit by a car while crossing the street during The Vortex convention in Las Vegas, and is pronounced dead.
- Ch 1Bob is fascinated by Von Neumann probes and minored in physics.
- Ch 1Bob grew up in Minnesota, lives in San Diego, and has twin sisters, Andrea and Alaina.
- Ch 2Robert Johansson's frozen brain was destroyed by the scanning process that created Bob, so the original is truly dead.
Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost
- Ch 1Bob Johannson was a computer programmer killed crossing the street in Las Vegas; his scanned brain later controlled a Von Neumann probe.
Connections
- createdInterGator Software
- related toCryoEternaclient
- friend ofCarl
- partner ofJennyex-fiancée
- family ofAndreasister
- family ofAlainasister
- copied intoBob
- copied intoIcarus
- copied intoDaedalus
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 1Bob signs with CryoEterna
Newly rich after selling his company, Bob signs up to have his head cryonically frozen when he dies.
- Book 1 · Ch 1Bob is killed by a car
Crossing the street during The Vortex convention, Bob is hit by a car swerving around a group of drunk fans and dies.
- Book 1 · Ch 8Bob finds the candidate cubes
Using a hidden roamer, Bob finds the computer room holding five candidate cubes, two active, and chooses not to switch off Kenneth Martins.