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Loading... All Systems Red (Kindle Single): The Murderbot Diaries (edition 2017)by Martha Wells (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was a quick, fun read in an engaging universe. I definitely want to read more Murderbot now! Love the character, love the descriptions, just a lot of fun. ( ) A near-perfect novella! I'm a suckerrrr for stories with or about AI/cyborg/android characters so this was already looking promising for me. It felt like very cinematic, and I could easily picture the planet and scenes Well painted. The ending was the only thing I wish was a little more solid; I think it's slightly lazy to have characters pass out at critical moments and then wake up to find a problem has been solved. That being said, I've already requested the next book from my library and plan on reading the whole series - they seem like wonderful pockets of sci-fi goodness. :3
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. Belongs to SeriesBelongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inHas the adaptationAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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. No library descriptions found. |
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