For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

by Dennis E. Taylor

The cat’s A.I. was realistic, right down to the total lack of loyalty.

setting up a human colony on Vulcan was turning out to be a little bit like being pecked to death by ducks. Large ducks. With teeth and claws.

A self-propelled forty-pound ball of steel impacting at Mach 1 didn’t leave much room for argument.

Guppy somehow managed to look disappointed, although if pressed, I couldn’t for the life of me describe what a disappointed fish looked like.

Just when you think humanity has found the limits of stupid, they go and ratchet up the standard by another notch.”

Funny, I couldn’t remember any science-fiction stories that actually dealt with how you’d handle timekeeping on a new planet.

Yep. Just when you start to get ahead in the rat race, the universe delivers bigger rats.