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All Systems Red

Book 1 of The Murderbot Diaries

  • 158 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 2017
  • 9 editions

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1 About this book

The series is about an artificial construct designed as a Security Unit, which manages to override its governor unit, thus enabling it to develop independence. It calls itself Murderbot, and likes to watch unrealistic soap operas. As it spends more time with some caring humans, it starts developing feelings that it does not care for.

Good for readers who want: artificial intelligence, space travel, and a short read.

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Interplanetary voyages
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Life on other planets
  • Androids
  • Robots

2 About Martha Wells

Born 1964

Martha Wells (born September 1, 1964) is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has published a number of science fiction and fantasy (SF/F) novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on SF/F subjects. Her novels have been translated into thirty languages. Wells credits her academic background in anthropology for her interest in designing complex, realistically detailed societies within her novels.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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