All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells (2017), 160 pages
I
am late to these books, but I am loving them so far. Admittedly, I watched the
TV version first and was hooked. I know people always say the book is better,
but I think the TV series did a pretty good job of capturing the first book.
Murderbot (self-named) is a SecUnit who has managed to hack his programming so
that he is no longer beholden to the company that controls him. He has gone
rogue, but in a subtle way. He is still doing his security job, but with a bit
more internal attitude. He is also addicted to watching Space telenovelas. He
has ended-up on a security detail with free-thinking explorers who treat him
more like a human than an android. This has him conflicted. The book follows
the team’s planetary explorations and Murderbot's evolving relationship to
himself and to the crew. Included in this is a good amount of snark.
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