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All Systems Red

By: Martha Wells
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
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All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels.

All Systems Red tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans.

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.

But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid - a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot."

Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.

©2017 Martha Wells (P)2017 Recorded Books Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
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I just love its character, it's nonchalant attitude and its discovery of being sentient with feelings.
And to me the narrator does a superb job, serves perfectly the characters and the story.
I just love the whole series!

Discover Murderbot

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Smart and very well written, a very relatable murderbot in the beginning of an emotional introspection and origine quest

A well deserved price winning book serie

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The story is so great, and the narration just puts this to a whole new level of awesomeness. I listened to it in one setting, I was so hooked. Amazing, I'd totally recommend it to my friends.

Excellent 👌

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Fictional material today tend to overplay the Social Anxiety card, to the point that it has become almost unbearable whenever it comes up on screen or book, and most of the time I dismiss such works of fiction because SA is more an aesthetic item than a subject that drives a narrative now.

Yet here, I enjoyed it, because finally a writer has found a nice twist to it and made it integral to a character that is relatable and full of self-reflecting qualities.

The plot was conventional yet interesting, the length was perfect and the characters were not too clichéd, the humor was good and never too much

I already downloaded the second story and looking forward to listening to it, the narrator was very good !

Social Anxiety made interesting

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I really enjoyed listening to this story. it changes from the usual, The reader does a great job in a clear manner.

Loved it

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