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Aug 7, 2024 1 hr 30 min

Into the Bobiverse

from Changelog Interviews

Dennis E. Taylor joins the show to take us "Into the Bobiverse" and other books he's written. Dennis shares the backstory on how he went from programmer to author/writer and creator of Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016, his process for iterating and developing the story as he writes, plans for a Bobiverse movie, and what's next in book 5 coming out in September 2024.

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  1. 0:00 Into the Bobiverse!
  2. 1:38 Sponsor: Sentry
  3. 4:55 Dennis E. Taylor is here
  4. 6:18 From programmer to writer/author
  5. 8:53 Revenue sources
  6. 10:28 Luck and timing
  7. 11:54 OMG Ray Porter!
  8. 13:28 Hard SF vs Plausible SF vs SF Fantasy
  9. 15:48 Becoming a writer
  10. 18:44 Feedback for Dennis
  11. 24:45 Sponsor: 1Password
  12. 27:49 We Are Legion (explaining the title)
  13. 29:37 Starting a BIG story
  14. 32:02 Iterative writing
  15. 35:11 The significance of VR
  16. 42:27 What's Bob's motivation?
  17. 44:23 How to trilogy?
  18. 46:02 Ethan Ellenberg (Dennis's agent)
  19. 46:49 Kickstarting a printed version
  20. 48:59 Movie option for the Bobiverse?
  21. 55:41 Setting up multiple species
  22. 57:57 Sponsor: Socket
  23. 1:00:48 Sponsor: Intel Innovation 2024
  24. 1:02:21 Ray Porter and Dennis
  25. 1:05:55 How possible is a movie?
  26. 1:06:50 Ready Player One / Ready Player Two
  27. 1:10:38 When will the movie come out?
  28. 1:12:53 Book 5 teaser
  29. 1:14:34 Timing in the book
  30. 1:16:19 Xprize working group
  31. 1:23:29 The Fly
  32. 1:24:24 Bobiverse after book 5
  33. 1:26:02 Bob, out.
  34. 1:27:36 Closing thoughts and thanks

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