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Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy
Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy | Martha Wells
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"We are all a little bit Murderbot." - NPR on Martha Wells's The Murderbot Diaries...
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julesG
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#20in4 #readathon @Andrew65

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

Had some errands to run so this reread came in handy. Especially since the #audiobook is free with Audible.de subscription at the moment.

julesG @TheBookHippie had to laugh and think of you when the big bad Murderbot asked the human "Did you eat?" 8mo
TheSpineView This is a great series! 💙📖📚 8mo
MaleficentBookDragon I LOVE Murderbot so much. I've read them all. I'm now listening to them on audiobook (just as good as reading them) in anticipation for the newest one (which I got a #netgalley #arc of). 8mo
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julesG @MaleficentBookDragon You'll like book 7. I also got an ARC through NetGalley and practically devoured it. 8mo
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 Will check out the audiobook. 8mo
Andrew65 Strangely for me these aren‘t free to access on Audible but some other Martha Wells books are. 8mo
julesG @Andrew65 Argh! Just like the 99p eBook deals, it's always different from country to country. Sorry it's not working for you. I'll change my post and mark that it's Audible.de 🙄🙄🙄 8mo
Andrew65 @julesG No worries at all, because you helped me find out I can access some of her books free, even if not these ones. Strange how it varies. 8mo
TheBookHippie @julesG SEE?!?! It‘s important 😂😂😂😂😘😘😘 8mo
Larkken @julesG @Andrew65 so strange! The Amazon marketing and pricing defies comprehension as ever 😆 these were my binge read earlier this summer when I needed something easy to rest my mind on, too! 8mo
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Centique
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So - bear with me while I explain. I‘m going to reread Murderbot because rereading is my #guiltypleasure (I don‘t really feel guilty but I know it‘s not reducing my TBR!)
Also Murderbot is a character with a guilty pleasure. Yes he‘s hacked his mind control but does he use his freedom to overpower his human masters? - no he uses it to watch 35000 hours of movies and soap operas. I get you Murderbot. And for my song, well you probably don‘t know⬇️

Centique Computer Games by Mi-Sex, it‘s a 1979 NZ hit, a heavy synth pop song about living in a world run by computers. A little bit prophetic for 1979! 😝 #titlesandtunes (edited) 10mo
LeahBergen Who cares about your TBR when you‘re reading something you enjoy? Go, you! 10mo
Centique You can see the music video here https://youtu.be/gsHYSs_qgmU it‘s kind of a vibe as my daughter would say 😂 (edited) 10mo
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Centique @LeahBergen yeah! Rereading is fun 🙌 10mo
CarolynM I like that rationale for the book an PERFECT song choice 😆 I think you‘ll like mine too😉 10mo
BarbaraBB Such a cool explanation and I love the video! 10mo
rwmg I think I might have to re-read at least “All Systems Red“ to check Murderbot's pronouns. In my head Murderbot is a she but I've seen quite a few people use he. 10mo
Ruthiella @rwmg I also think of Murderbot as “she”. I‘m not sure why, but that‘s why I skipped the audio, because the narrator was male and it didn‘t line up in my head! 10mo
willaful @rwmg @ruthiella I believe Murderbot is canonically “it“ but I also always think of it as she! (edited) 10mo
rockpools Just brilliant. And I noticed last week that work had finally bought the Murderbot series - so I reserved the first one last night. Enjoy! 10mo
julesG I have the same/similar guilty pleasure for the same reason. 😂😂😂😂 10mo
julesG @rwmg @Ruthiella @willaful - yep, it's canonically "it". My son refuses to listen to the audiobooks, because they are read by a man. My son would be fine with a female narrator, he says to him Murderbot feels more feminine. I tend to say "he" when talking about Murderbot in German, but only because the German word for 'robot' is masculine and grammar is an inbuilt system that's very hard to overcome. 10mo
julesG @rockpools Enjoy! 10mo
batsy Yes to rereading faves! I love this ❤️ Not familiar with the song so looking forward to listening to this and the rest of the playlist 🎶 10mo
Clare-Dragonfly @rwmg My book club read “All Systems Red” and we talked for several minutes about Murderbot‘s pronouns and gender! Some of us thought it felt more male, some more female. I thought I had its “it” pronouns firmly in my head but I still found myself saying “she” occasionally. Some book club members used “they.” (edited) 10mo
Centique @rockpools I hope you enjoy it! 10mo
Centique @Ruthiella yes I just started listening to it on an audio book with a male voice so I think I reverted to “he” without thinking. I could easily see Murderbot as any gender or no gender. 10mo
Centique @CarolynM I‘m glad someone knows the song! Looking forward to yours! 10mo
Centique @julesG @batsy yay to re-reading faves! 10mo
Cinfhen I love your #GuiltyPleasure - i think the focus for all of us is on the pleasure 🥰 (edited) 10mo
Bookzombie I love this! 💗 10mo
Reggie There was a story today about how they programmed a drone to attack an enemy but there was a human operator to disable it if it went off track. Well when the human operator tried to correct it the drone attacked them because it viewed them as an obstacle to their mission. It‘s good to know there are bots like Murderbot in the future. Nice choices, Paula. 10mo
Centique @Reggie thank you Reggie. Yes AI is freaking scary in real life. We are at the mercy of our own hubris when we think our design and programming can make decisions for us. 😫 (My theory is that Murderbot is an enhanced human, a zombie soldier you could say, I think it‘s their human brain that gives them a conscience) 10mo
Rissreads I chose the same theme for guilty pleasure! And I loved this song! It brings back some great memories! I must get to this book! (edited) 10mo
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BBooks
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Found this series on a recent trip and LOVE THEM ❤❤❤❤ so much fun to read, and first few are very short novellas.. I am holding off to read next one because new volume comes out this November and don't want to finish them while wanting to read all of them, if you know, you know 😀. I may re-read them and buy physical copies 📚📚📚

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These books are like popcorn. You can‘t read just one. I read the first last May and, for some crazy reason, didn‘t read the rest. Happy to say I have rectified this. I love Murderbot. Their observations on human behavior are the best. We are incredibly predictable creatures that are very fragile physically and emotionally.

My favorite of the series is pictured above. (It was really, really hard to pick a favorite.)

Patchshank Im also making my way through this series and loving it. 2y
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rwmg
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Murderbot (aka SecUnit) is an android security guard constructed out of robotic and human elements which has managed to override its governor module, giving it the capability of independent action without having its circuits fried if it does not follow orders.
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rwmg Having read the whole series one after the other, it is the narrative voice of Murderbot that really stands out: snarky and baffled by the motivations and reckless behaviour of human beings. Its strongest desire is simply to be left alone to enjoy the soap operas it downloads.
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rwmg The actual stories are mostly only interesting as a vehicle for Murderbot to the point they have mostly merged together in my mind. The second novella in the series, in which Murderbot investigates the incident from which it took its name for itself, left me totally unclear as to what had actually happened. For me, the best story was the most recent one, “Fugitive Telemetry“, where Murderbot helps investigate a murder on a space station.
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Andrew65 Sounds great! 3y
AliCoo I am now a huge fan of these stories. I‘ve read five or six of them. They are just fun, fast and bit thoughtful. Martha Wells has created a wonderful hero in SecUnit Rin. 14mo
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vivastory
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Impromptu Murderbot Marathon now planned before the end of the month. 🤖

daena So good! 3y
vivastory @daena I can't wait! 3y
Ruthiella 🥳 Have fun! I ❤️ Murderbot. (edited) 3y
EvieBee 😻😻 3y
Centique 🙌🙌 Murderbot for ever! 🙌🙌 3y
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Lizpixie
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Bks 10-11of May & 6-7 of #NutsInMay #readathon are done! Pretty crap day, I was supposed to go to our Medieval Fair with my family, all of us in costume(I was a squire)but of course my body sucks and I‘m in bed instead so they went without me😩Sorry for the whinge but I needed to vent. To cheer up I reread the first two of the MurderBot Diaries on audio on Scribd. #atleastimnotanagoraphobicconstruct😋

Andrew65 Awesome totals 👏👏👏🥳 3y
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imyril
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I'll definitely be catching up with Murderbot in April (it's a must-read for me for the #AllSystemsRead SF readathon next weekend), but lots of other books competing to be read at the moment so #BookSpin to the rescue to help me prioritise!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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CallMeIshmael
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Loved the first one now on to the second one, who knew murderbot is what I needed in life.

@britt_brooke thank you for bringing this to my life

britt_brooke 🤗 So happy you‘re enjoying! 3y
CallMeIshmael @britt_brooke quick question to you see murderbot as male or female...I know gender isn‘t assigned but I see it as male, but that is because I identify with it. Wondering your point of view 3y
britt_brooke @CallMeIshmael Totally valid question and one I‘ve tried to research. As simple as it sounds, I‘ve been listening to the audiobooks, and the narrator is clearly male so that‘s reassured what I‘ve been picturing. BUT, I‘ve read a lot of reviews that refer to Murderbot as female. So, I‘m not sure. I personally see it as male. 3y
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CoveredInRust
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Y'all, I'm stoked to continue The Muderbot series! Can't wait to get more of the snark.

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Daisey
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Day 3 of great reads for this past year is the first 4 books of the Murderbot series. I didn‘t read these until this year and then read them back to back. I don‘t read a lot of science fiction, but these were so much fun and so good! Now, I just need to get ahold of the novel that comes next.

#12BooksOf2020

MsMelissa I really must get to this series next year! 3y
Andrew65 Stacked. 3y
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bookishbitch
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How much did I love the 1st Murderbot book? Enough to check out the next 3 in the series. Super glad my library had them available.

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Sweetkokoro
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I am so mad. I preorder this the day it went up. All the way back in freaking May, and on the 27th of last month when it was suppose to come out, I got a delayed notice. Now I have a cancelled notice?? Did anyone else preorder this and is this happening to you too? I‘m hella pissed right now.

Sweetkokoro This is through Barnes and Noble 3y
Heideschrampf That sucks! Is this the whole series? Isn‘t there one still missing? 3y
Sweetkokoro @Heideschrampf This is the first 4 novellas. The 5th book in the series was released earlier this year. So this was just a box set for the novellas rereleased in hardcover. 3y
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Heideschrampf @Sweetkokoro right! The latest was a full novel! I loved the first and never got round to continue the series... really need to catch up on that. 3y
Sweetkokoro @Heideschrampf Yes I love series and I have book 5 already. And I have read these but I wanted the full set so I could read them again. I‘m so annoyed. 3y
Heideschrampf @Sweetkokoro perfectly understandable! I ordered the new complete sandman editions in spring, which were supposed to come late september and I‘m still waiting. Really spoils the excitement 3y
Sweetkokoro @Heideschrampf It really does, what makes this more annoying is they are telling me it‘s out of stock and that‘s why they can‘t send it to me, but I placed my preorder back in May. I should have been at the top of the shipping list! 3y
Clare-Dragonfly That‘s ridiculous! It should at least have been straightforward for them to order enough copies to fulfill the preorders. 3y
Sweetkokoro @Clare-Dragonfly Thats what I thought the point of preorders were for you know! I just don‘t understand how I preordered it in MAY and they are telling me it‘s out of stock two weeks after it was initially released. This shouldn‘t have happen to my order, It was ordered before images were released. I know stuff is weird right now cuz of COVID, but this is just frustrating. 3y
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Gezemice
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1. The nearby park develops a tiny waterfall when it rains. It is very relaxing.
2. Tough - not many characters worth their salt are well-adjusted and lead happy, peaceful lives. Perhaps Hermione (pre-Ron); Captain Carrot; or Queen Elizabeth I.
3. I have been re-reading the Murderbot Diaries in preparation for Network Effect. SoMuchFun

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
Thanks for the tag, @MariaW !

Eggs Beautiful pic!! Thanks for playing 👏🏻📚🤗 4y
Gezemice @Eggs Thank you for the game! 4y
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