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All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (edition 2019)

by Martha Wells (Author)

Series: The Murderbot Diaries (1), Murderbot Diaries : Chronological order (1)

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A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red", a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid -- a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot." Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.… (more)
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Title:All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries
Authors:Martha Wells (Author)
Info:Tordotcom (2019), Edition: 1st Edition, 176 pages
Collections:Your library, Owned on Kindle, Fiction
Rating:****
Tags:science fiction, speculative fiction

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All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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I’ve been wanting to read the murderbot series for a while but never knew these books were so short- I saw them in my library recently and decided to just go for it and practically read it in one go. It had humour and an interesting storyline, I loved how you don’t know what the plan is and have to find out as time goes on. I hope the second book can live upto this one’s expectations XD ( )
  Liesl. | Jun 3, 2024 |
Amazing book! The world and character building are super interesting. I could barley put it down and finished it in a day. A must read for any sci-fi lover. ( )
  blankhound | May 28, 2024 |
Very readable and entertaining. Stories told from the point of view of AI's often are. As a criticism, maybe the Murderbot is a bit too human, but he is a nice... guy, I guess, and it's pleasant to spend time with him. ( )
  jcm790 | May 26, 2024 |
Yeah, I don't know. After all the praise, this novella left me unimpressed.
After an excitement start, the whole story kind of just moves in slow motion, which left me confused about what the story in general was supposed to be.

It wasn't a thriller, because there was not really a case, after they ran into the bad guys, story over.
It wasn't space exploration because all the stuff that would go for it was left out, maybe because Murderbot was not involved in it and therefore didn't care to report it, who knows.
It was neither a character study, as for that the character stayed too bland.

I like the idea of Murderbot, as I like grumpy characters in general, and I will give the follow up book a go before I make my final decision, but overall, this was just meh. ( )
  Black-Lilly | May 24, 2024 |
Short but entertaining story. I was reminded of the Expanse with the scifi angles and the "working with a team" aspect. The audiobook starts off a little hard to follow, but once I got used to the reader I enjoyed their style. I already started the 2nd book. 4 augmented appendages out of 5 augmented appendages. ( )
  umbet | May 21, 2024 |
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But this book is sneaky. As much as you want to think this is just some lightweight little confection made of robot fights and space murder — and as much as All Systems Red wants to present itself as nothing but robot fights and space murder — Martha Wells did something really clever. She hid a delicate, nuanced and deeply, grumpily human story inside these pulp trappings, by making her murderous robot story primarily character-driven. And the character doing the driving?

Murderbot.
added by melmore | editNational Public Radio (NPR), Jason Sheehan (Jan 27, 2019)
 
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Wells, Martha—primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Böhmert, FrankTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Foltzer, ChristineCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Free, Kevin R.Narratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Harris, LeeEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jones, JaimeCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kivimäki, MikaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Montier, MathildeTraductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Canonical title
All Systems Red
Original title
The Murderbot Diaries 1: All Systems Red
Alternative titles
Original publication date
2017-05-02
People/Characters
Murderbot
Dr. Ratthi
Overse
Ayda Mensah
Dr. Gurathin
Important places
Preservation Station
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Epigraph
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First words
I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites.
Quotations
And in their corner all they had was Murderbot, who just wanted everyone to shut up and leave it alone so it could watch the entertainment feed all day.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
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Leckie, Ann
Original language
English
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A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red", a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid -- a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot." Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
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813.6Literature › English (North America) › American fiction › 21st Century

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