Shannon Kay reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot, #1)
Enjoyable Read
4 stars
It was a pleasant, funny, short book.
Paperback, 152 pages
English language
Published May 2015 by Tor.
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.
It was a pleasant, funny, short book.
This was nice. Extremely pulp, but managed to get at some larger ideas.