After We Are Bob
Columbus Day by Craig Alanson
If We Are Bob hooked you with its snarky cloned protagonists building empires through tech ingenuity and pop culture nods, Columbus Day delivers that same rush via a human everyman's hilarious rapport with a god-like AI, outsmarting alien threats with brains and banter. The optimistic escapism explodes from personal survival to interstellar alliances, blending hard sci-fi puzzles with laugh-out-loud irreverence that pokes fun at genre tropes. Perfect for geeks craving intellectual thrills wrapped in self-deprecating humor, minus any melodrama—just pure, empowering fun.