dd reviewed All systems red
Endearing Death Machine
4 stars
How relatable? Merely wanting to escape a dead end job and watch your favorite shows?
the murderbot diaries
152 sivua ; 21 cm, 152 pages
English language
Published 2017 by A Tor.com book.
All Systems Red is a 2017 science fiction novella by American author Martha Wells. The first in a series called The Murderbot Diaries, it was published by Tor.com. 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.
How relatable? Merely wanting to escape a dead end job and watch your favorite shows?
I love the MurderBot series. Martha Wells does such a great job exploring what it means to be a sentient being that I'm often tearing up and laughing within the span of a couple pages. Rinse and Repeat. Start reading and I promise you'll love MurderBot and be aching to read the remainder of the novellas to follow its travels and exploits.
This was nice. Extremely pulp, but managed to get at some larger ideas.