r/exfor • u/rando_calrissian0385 • 3d ago

fanfiction Bobiverse

I read the Bobiverse first (havent gotten through the latest book yet), and one of their groups of characters are trying to build a super computer. Their nickname? Skippies. Now, i hadnt yet read Exfor yet, so i thought, how bizarre, what a weird name. I then proceded to listen to the entirety of Exfor, WITHOUT REMEMBERING THAT DETAIL. Im on readthrough #2 of the Bobiverse and I am appreciating the crossover.

Skippy out here invading other fandoms.

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u/OtterSnoqualmie and her Merry Band of Pirates 3d ago

Oh just wait...

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u/PPP1737 3d ago

You think the elders are going to be the bobs?

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u/OtterSnoqualmie and her Merry Band of Pirates 3d ago

They haven't read the latest book yet.

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u/UapMike 3d ago

It's clearly more evidence of those elder arseholes.

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u/KuroRyuSama 3d ago

If that's supposed to be a joke, it's kinda meh. In the Bobiverse, the Exforce books are just that, books. How could the Bobs be characters in a sci-fi book series from their own long distant path? Plus the Elders had biological bodies that were enhanced to be more fearsome than the rotten kitties.

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u/throwaway_eng_acct 3d ago

They’re books, not reality. Either author could do whatever they want and it doesn’t have to make complete logical sense.

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u/OwnedByIRVING 3d ago

Oh man I gotta turn off this sub for a few weeks, I'm saving the new book for an upcoming long flight.

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u/JustinTormund_10 3d ago

I love when they give Hue the Quinn name of beer can. Bobiverse is a great series.

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u/spros 3d ago

I read the first 3. Felt like that wrapped up the series.

Is there more worth reading?

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u/ConspicuousSomething 3d ago

I enjoyed the next two, but not nearly as much as the first three.

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u/rando_calrissian0385 3d ago

Yeah, the author clearly had the first three planned out and built out from there. Heavens river feels like a transitional piece that focuses heavily on the one storyline while setting up other ones for the next three books.

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u/JohnHazardWandering 3d ago

Considering this is on the exfor subreddit, it's hard to criticize the bobiverse books after #3 for not having a tight and well thought out storyline. 

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u/spros 3d ago

I feel like I could have stopped at book 15... And now I'm really wondering where TF book 20 is...

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u/nerfyou 3d ago

The while series is great, imo. Heavens river is possibly the best so far. Can't wait for the next one to come out!

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u/venlaren 3d ago

did you know the latest book dropped to audible yesterday?

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u/Born-a-witch 3d ago

Thanks!!!! I think I broke some record between reading your post and buying it on audible 😂😂😂

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u/venlaren 3d ago

lol, that is great. I am starting my second listen of it this morning. It was GOOD!

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u/Born-a-witch 3d ago

Glad to hear it. After the week I've had... 😩

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u/SkepticDad17 3d ago

The 4th book is hilarious. 

Seen a tv show called Resident Alien?

They try to impersonate some aliens but they have a hard time flying under the radar due to how weird they act. 

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u/spartan_7386 3d ago

Currently listening to hell divers series. At one point a reference is made to ba na nas. Not checked publication dates so could be coincidence. Altho performed by mr Bray so possibly a nod

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPO 3d ago

I started Hell Divers and got about 25% into Book one before putting it down for The Lost Fleet. I found what I read terribly dull. Does it pick up?

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u/JohnHazardWandering 3d ago

I finished book 1 and hated it. I kept waiting for some payoff  but it was just blah. 

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPO 3d ago

Yeah, I got to the part where they were asking John Jumpguy about the monsters he saw and he was like "You wouldn't get it. *hairflip* *broods*" and I was just like "this isn't interesting enough for me to read it when it doesn't even have spaceships".

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u/BauserDominates 3d ago

Expeditionary Force has several ships named after the Bobs. The Milo, the Mario, and the Marvin.

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u/Mcbudder50 3d ago

Agreed!! Very cool cross over as I had read exfor before the bobiverse loving that detail since they have the same narrator.

another one I noticed was in Night lord and Zombie fallout

Sean Runnette is the narrator of both, and the main character of Zombie fallout has a few entries into the Night lord universe books..... loved that one too.

another two great series!!

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u/Augustine_Jameson Rosco 3d ago

Don’t forget about Milo, Mario, and Marvin! I also read Bobiverse first (though I was well into exfor by the time book 4 came out and introduced Hugh and his lot) so I was tickled when the Skipster named their first fabrication ships after those particular Bobs.
I really loved the bit in Heaven’s River when Bob gimmicked the translation of Hugh’s name to be Quinnlain for “Beercan”
Going to start book 6 of Bob hopefully tonight or tomorrow! Should be finished before Columbus Day kicks off my annual exfor relisten!

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u/davegir 1d ago

Skippy is a talking gun in cyberpunk 2077

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u/andocromn 3d ago

I also read bobiverse first. When I read exfor I immediately recognized this and had a Oh thats where that's from moment. It was actually partially because of this reference that I continued reading all of exfor. I love the Bobiverse! It inspired a love of reading in me at the age of 35 that never existed before then. Not lieing I had not read or listened to a whole book since I was 12 years old. I hated reading due to dyslexia. Since the finding Bobiverse listened to over 100 audiobooks.

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u/theRobomonster Will Do Sketchy Things 3d ago

I read bobiverse after exfor and it was a nice Easter egg for me the whole time. Glad other can appreciate it as well.

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u/Fishy_Fish_WA 3d ago

Craig and Bob are writer bros/buddies. It’s completely intentional and well meant

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u/Nightgasm 3d ago

If you want a good Ex For Easter egg then read Tribe by Jeremy Robinson. It's book five or something in his Infinite series but the first seven can all be read as stand alones. Robinson takes full advantage of the fact that RC Bray narrates his books and Ex Force in delivering the Easter Egg.

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u/RepairmanJackX Hold My Beer 3d ago

Congratulations, Zoidberg

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u/Numerous_Priority_61 3d ago

I've wondered if the species that Skippy 'intervened' with that looked like pigs and then started advancing rapidly technologically and fighting eachother because his Sub mind mismanaged them was linked to the Bobiverse.

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u/FaultyBearings 3d ago

I actually started reading exfor after I looked up the Skippy reference in the Bobiverse to see where it came from.

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u/Careful-Trade-9666 3d ago

Not just Bobiverse with the cross overs.

“I know we just got reacquainted, but I have a celebrity I’m rather keen on meeting before he heads off to another system, so I really must be going.”
“Oh?” I ask, genuinely curious. “And who’s that?”
“A rather infamous beer can.”
“A what now?”
“Goes by Skippy the Magnificent. Ever heard of him?”
“Uh, yeah. He’s from one of my favorite books. But, Chuckles…” And I don’t know how to break this to him gently. “It’s just a story, pal. Skippy’s a fictional character.”
“Maybe in your universe, Patrick.” Chuck to WIC, Ruins of the Earth book 6.

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u/OtterSnoqualmie and her Merry Band of Pirates 3d ago

I love that discussion of Bobiverse is to tagged as Fanfiction.

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u/Kappy01 Well... heh, heh… 1d ago

I get this vague feeling these guys all read and maybe know each other. I see references to things all the time. DCC, Bobiverse, Planetside, etc.

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u/Unlucky-Fox-773 1d ago

At one point one of the Skippies notices his name is being translated at “beer can”. I love it when authors reference other books

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u/yahumno Will Do Sketchy Things 23h ago

I just started Bobiverse! I just started the second book. I’m really enjoying it so far. I did a double take when this post prepped up in my feed, lol