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I want my very own Murderbot and ART!
I said, “Sometimes people do things to you that you can't do anything about. You just have to survive it and go on.”They all stopped talking and stared at me. It made me nervous and I immediately switched my view to the nearest security camera so I could watch us from the side. I had said it with more emphasis than I intended, but it was just the way things were. I wasn't sure why it had such an impact on them. Maybe it sounded like I knew what I was talking about. Maybe it was the two m
All the stars! ART the spaceship transport AI is not to be missed. An awesome sequel to the Nebula award-winning “All Systems Red.” I liked it even better than the first book, and this one was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature:The illicit adventures of Murderbot continue in Artificial Condition, the terrific sequel to Martha Wells’ 2017 Nebula award-winning novella, All Systems Red. Murderbot, a deeply introverted cyborg security unit, or Se...
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Star-gazing SecUnits: “Artificial Condition - The MurderBot Diaries 2” by Martha Wells“But you may have noticed that for a terrifying murderbot I fuck up a lot.”In “Artificial Condition - The MurderBot Diaries 2” by Martha WellsThe very unfamiliarity of SF is one of its attractions for me. It slows down the reading and speeds up the need to think, both within and across books (intertextuality). Familiarity, similarity? Try reading thes...
As I was advised, a most excellent continuation and further adventure of fellow trufan Murderbot, following "All Systems Red". But read the first novella first.Ta, L.
"I was stalling. I would have to interact with humans as an augmented human... I had imagined it as taking place from a distance, or in the spaces of a crowded transit ring. Interacting meant talking, and eye contact. I could already feel my performance capacity dropping."It was with anticipation of pleasure that I picked up the second installment in the Murderbot series. After its thrilling adventures on its last expedition as a SecUnit, I was curious to see what 'Bot would do with freedom. I r...
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2)by Martha Wells, Kevin R. Free (Narrator)2021 Hugo Award for best series: The Murderbot DiariesMurderbot is on the move. Before it will even consider making contact again with the person who bought its contract it needs to know what happened in its past. Years ago, it seems that MB may have killed over fifty mine workers. Glitches happen and that would be a really bad one to have on one's record. MB doesn't mind the dark stain on its record but it d...
In Artificial Condition, the second installment of The Murderbot Diaries, we reunite with everyone's favorite antisocial SecUnit, Murderbot.As you may recall from All Systems Red, Murderbot has no memory of its past and is curious about a particular incident at a mining facility which left a lot of humans dead. With only vague recollections, it has a strong desire to know more and how it may have been involved.Recently setting out on its own, with no ties to any human, it now has the time to loo...
This is novella two in the Muderbot Diaries. I enjoyed it just as much as the first novella. Once again, the strength of the story comes from the characterizations of non-humans. The story itself, almost feels like a side question. After the events of the first book, Muderbot wants to return to the scene of a human massacre that it may have played a role in. However, in order to gain access to the surface, Murderbot signs on with a group that has their own challenges and conflict. In it’s introv...
4.25 Stars. I just love this series! This is only my third Murderbot story, including the prequel, and I'm completely hooked already. I needed a little pallet cleanser away from the books I've been reading -ARC's- and this was a perfect chocie since it was a quick but very good read. The badass murderbot with a heart of gold, although Murderbot would never admit it, is a character that is so easy to like. Add in the first appearance of ART, and this a fun read. It is so tempting to read the next...
Artificial Condition Sept. 2020I really love this series, this the second book I’ve read. There is something about the murderbot who loves watching space operas in its spare time that is intriguing. The voice of the murderbot is always consistent and the writing craft is excellent. This book started off a little slow. The conflict wasn’t set until page 37 and during the 37 pages there is very little forward motion in the story. But once I got over that hump the story really took off. The plot re...
When we first met the SecUnit Murderbot in Martha Wells’ “All System’s Red”, it had already hacked its governor module, which is ostensibly in place to prevent it from going on a kill-happy rampage. In truth, it had already (apparently) gone on said rampage when it was “under control”, and only hacked the module so it wouldn’t happen again (and so it could have unfettered access to the entertainment feeds). When “Artificial Condition” opens, Murderbot has won a dubious kind of freedom thanks to
Murderbot is a security robot (aka Secbot or Secunit). Murderbot is a name it gave itself after being involved years ago in a massacre of the humans it was supposed to be guarding on a remote mining moon. Murderbot is part human material with a lot of augmented mechanization. Murderbot hacked it's own control governor module to allow Murderbot to not be programmatically controlled. Murderbot likes nothing more than download and stream hours of media, mostly human serial dramas, to relieve its bo...
