There is a sort of teen angst theme that gets turned on its head a little. It has a lot of fun technology / future concepts, a Stephenson-esque corporate controlled dystopian future galaxy, and it’s funny and sardonic.
Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.īut when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth. The themes get a little more grown up in the novel, but they’re definitely still YA accessible. 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. All Systems Red is the first entry in Martha Wells New York Times and USA Today bestselling, and Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction series. Witch King by Martha Wells (Tor.com, May 30, 2023). Her New York Times Bestselling series The Murderbot Diaries has won Nebula Awards, Hugo Awards, Locus Awards, and an American Library Association/YALSA Alex Award.
Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.īut in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern. Martha Wells has been a science fiction and fantasy author since her first fantasy novel was published in 1993. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company.
Winner: 2018 Nebula Award for Best NovellaĪ New York Times and USA Today BestsellerĪ 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.Īs a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.
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