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Dennis E. Taylor | |
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| Born | Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
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Dennis E. Taylor is a Canadian novelist and former computer programmer known for his large scale hard science fiction stories exploring the interaction between artificial intelligence and the human condition.
While working as a computer programmer, Taylor self-published his first novel and began working with an agent to try to publish his second novel, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) . However, Taylor still had difficulty getting any publishing house to take on his work, and eventually published it through his agent's in-house publishing arm. An audiobook rights deal with Audible was also reached. Once recorded, We Are Legion became one of the most popular audiobooks on the service and was awarded Best Science Fiction Audiobook of the year. [1]
Taylor has been noted as an author whose work debuts in audio form rather than print to take advantage of the explosive growth of the audio medium. [2]
Taylor's 2018 novel The Singularity Trap as well as his 2020 novel Heaven's River debuted on The New York Times Bestseller List for Fiction Audiobooks. [3] [4] [5]
In September 2020, Taylor released his sixth novel Heaven's River, the fourth book in the Bobiverse series. The new novel follows a loose thread from the earlier novels involving the Bob clone named Bender, who had disappeared mysteriously many years before and prompts a galaxy-spanning search. [6]
Taylor's "Bobiverse" series explore how technologies like cryonics, mind uploading and artificial intelligence might change the society and the human condition. [7] [8] Another major topic is global catastrophic risk, which is also featured in Outland and The Singularity Trap. [9] [10]
Stern magazine praised Taylor's distinctive humour style, often based on nerdy inside jokes and references. [7]
Taylor's works have been translated to several languages, including Japanese, [11] German, [12] French [13] and Polish. [14]
The We Are Legion (We Are Bob) novel was a finalist of the 2019 Seiun Awards. [11]
In October 2018, Taylor was added to the XPRIZE Foundation Science Fiction Advisory Council as a "Visionary Storyteller". [15] This group of accomplished science fiction authors help advise the XPRIZE team on envisioning the future. [16] [17]
In May 2019, Taylor was invited by Google to one of the "Talks at Google" where he gave some insight into what inspired his writings, and what his plans are for the next few years. [18]
Taylor resides near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with his wife and daughter. He enjoys snowboarding and mountain biking [19] [20] [21] when he is not writing or traveling.
| No. | Title | Date | ISBN | Notes |
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| 1 | We Are Legion | 20 October 2016 |
| Self-published as We are Bob in 2015. Revised edition published in 2016 with new title. |
| 2 | For We Are Many | 18 March 2017 | 978-1-68068-059-1 | |
| 3 | All These Worlds | 8 August 2017 | 978-1-68068-060-7 | |
| 4 | Heaven's River | 26 January 2021 | 978-1-68068-226-7 | The New York Times Bestseller, [5] Audie Award Finalist, [22] Prometheus Award Finalist |
| 5 | Not Till We Are Lost | Release Date: 5 September 2024 | TBD |
| No. | Title | Date | ISBN | Notes |
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| 1 | Outland | 9 January 2015 |
| Self-published in 2015. Revised edition published in 2017. |
| 2 | Earthside | 26 May 2023 | 978-1-68068-337-0 | Audiobook was available as an Audible Original in January 2023. |
| Title | Date | ISBN | Notes |
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| The Singularity Trap | 11 July 2018 | 978-1-68068-088-1 | The New York Times Bestseller [3] [4] |
| Roadkill | 9 December 2022 | 978-1-68068-312-7 | Audiobook was available as an Audible Original in August 2022. |
| "A Change of Plans" | 9 October 2017 | 978-1-9781-3894-0 | Collected in Explorations: Colony, vol. 4 of the Explorations anthology series. |
Stories released as Audible Originals as read by Ray Porter (who has also read other books by Taylor). Roadkill and Earthside were later published in paperback. As of September 2023 [update] , Feedback is available to read exclusively on Amazon's Kindle platform.
| Title | Audible release | Kindle edition | Ref. |
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| Feedback | 19 November 2020 | 15 February 2023 | [23] |
| Roadkill | 4 August 2022 | 1 December 2022 | [23] |
| Earthside | 26 January 2023 | 25 May 2023 |
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