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Audiobook narrated by Ray Porter.
Bob sells his tech company, so comes into some money. He signs up to have his head cryo-frozen when he dies, figuring it will be a long time yet. Unfortunately he gets hit by a car and wakes up (or is woken) in a century ruled by the religious right. Instead of being restored into a new body, a copy of him is uploaded into a spacecraft capable of replicating itself from material mined from asteroids. His mission is to find a new home for what's left of Earth's population (post climate change) and in order to do that he has to spawn multiple Bobs in multiple new ships. But Bob is no mere machine, and he sets about improving his technology. Before he can find a new home for humanity he has to escape the ships from Brazil, intent on destroying him.
I found this because I'd enjoyed Ray Porter's narration of Project Hail Mary and went looking to see what else he'd narrated. This is quirky and fun and Mr Porter narrates it beautifully.
In the book Komarr, Miles met Ekaterin Vorsoisson, a widow by the end of the book, and fell deeply in love. Even though she was about to leave her husband, it's not seemly for Miles to court her so soon after her husband's death. Back on Barrayar he tries courting by stealth, keeping up contact but never admitting his feelings to her (though it seems as though he tells everyone else). Others are not so reticent and several bachelors come sniffing around the comely widow. As usual Miles manages to tie himself up in knots and this turns into a comedy of manner which is more like Georgette Heyer in space than one of Miles' usual full-on outings. His brother Mark turns up with one of the Koudelka girls, a scientist and a case full of butter-bugs, and installs a lab in the basement of Vorkosigan House. The scene is set for comedic disaster when the butter-bugs escape in the middle of the dinner party Miles has arranged to impress Ekaterin. Could anything else go wrong? Well, yes, quite a bit really, but like any good Georgette Heyer it all turns out right in the end. This is one of my favourite Bujolds. I read it years ago in dead tree format so this is a re-listen. Excellent.
Audiobook, read by Grover Gardner.
Audiobook, read by Grover Gardner.
Russ Wesley accidentally gets mixed up with a bunch on intergalactic exterminators who are so impressed by his marksmanship that they insist he joins them. His friend Nina tags along and suddenly she and Russ are rivals for the one available place on the team. The book is quirky and entertaining, and there's some imaginative worldbuilding and a cool robot, but I admit I almost gave up at around 65%, though I persevered and it finished well.