![]() ![]() The story is short and swift, and the development of the bot is fun and entertaining. There is mystery and intrigue, as well as shooting and killing, as it become apparent that the science unit has been misled. This narrative position makes the unfolding of the bot's personality, as well as the plot, particularly interesting. In All Systems Red the Murderbot is assigned to a group of scientists exploring a particular location on a particular planet (no actual planet names are given) as security (a SecBot). The books are told from the perspective of "Murderbot" itself (Murderbot is the name the cyborg has given itself). ![]() All Systems Red won both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award. The books are generally short, about 150 pages (the final block is twice that), and the stories move quickly. This science fiction series focuses on a security bot with human bits that has hacked its control module, making is self-governing, rather than at the beck-and-call of its owner. All Systems Red is the first book (of five) in Martha Wells' The Murderbot Diaries. ![]()
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