Reading: All Systems Red
Oct. 28th, 2017 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
white_hartMurderbot is a security unit, part robot, part organic, owned by the Company and hired out to protect survey teams analysing alien planets. But what the Company don't know is that Murderbot has hacked its governor module and is free to do whatever it pleases. Happily for its clients, what Murderbot pleases is mostly watching soap operas and snarking to itself about the humans in its protection, rather than committing mass murder.
Martha Wells's novella, the first in a projected series of novellas about Murderbot from Tor (who seem to be very into the novella series as a format) is an enjoyable light read. Murderbot's snarky tone is engaging and entertaining and its social awkwardness makes it a surprisingly relatable character, while alongside a fairly straightforward plot the novella asks questions about artificial intelligence and the nature of personhood (not that Murderbot cares about this, it just wants to be left in peace to watch TV). I'll definitely be reading the next in the series when it's released.
Martha Wells's novella, the first in a projected series of novellas about Murderbot from Tor (who seem to be very into the novella series as a format) is an enjoyable light read. Murderbot's snarky tone is engaging and entertaining and its social awkwardness makes it a surprisingly relatable character, while alongside a fairly straightforward plot the novella asks questions about artificial intelligence and the nature of personhood (not that Murderbot cares about this, it just wants to be left in peace to watch TV). I'll definitely be reading the next in the series when it's released.
