celinenyx
Written on Sep 29, 2020
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right?
Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah - its former owner (protector? friend?) - submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit.
But who’s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue?
And what will become of it when it’s caught?
- ISBN10 1250191858
- ISBN13 9781250191854
- Publish Date 1 November 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English
Reviews
remo
Written on May 15, 2020
Murderbot tiene mil frases geniales (leve spoiler alert):
I “liked” these clothes. Maybe I actually liked them enough to remove the quotation marks around “liked.” I don’t like things in general that can’t be downloaded via the entertainment feed.
[...]would be able to identify me as a rogue unit on sight (or on ping, more accurately)
Still, my human skin was prickling with nerves. The extra security seemed to support a theory I had. Or maybe I mean a hypothesis.
[...]did a quick walk-through to scan for anomalies, then dropped my bag and lay down on the bed. (It was huge. Why have a bed that could easily accommodate four medium to large humans when you only had one hook for towels in the bath facility? Were the humans supposed to share the towel?)
I had been running possible scenarios, partly to drown out the sound of humans making stupid suggestions. (Not that I don’t like that sound; it’s sort of comforting and familiar, in an annoying way.)
Gurathin turned to me. “If they do, you can take her away from them, no matter how many guards?” I was beginning to think Gurathin’s asshole expression was some congenital condition he had no control over. I said, “The more guards the better.” He lifted his brows. “Are you going to kill them?” Scratch that, Gurathin’s asshole expression is due to him being an asshole.
“You’re the humans who walk in the wrong place and get attacked by angry fauna. I have extracted living clients from situations that were less than nine percent survivable. I’m more than qualified to make that call.”
[The hotel had] many levels and had large square biozones depicting different ecologies, with furniture arranged around them. It looked nice, inviting humans to sit around and discuss proprietary information in the hotel’s choked feed so the hotel could record it and sell it to the highest bidder.
On the feed the humans settled some details of what I was designating as Operation Not Actually A Completely Terrible Plan.
So the plan wasn’t a clusterfuck, it was just circling the clusterfuck target zone, getting ready to come in for a landing.
(I guess you could pay off the management to let you bring in a SecUnit and weapons and do a hostage exchange, but they drew the line at giving you free feed access.)
Disinformation, which is the same as lying but for some reason has a different name, is the top tactic in corporate negotiation/warfare.
“I don’t like planets. There’s dust and weather, and something always wants to eat the humans. And planets are much harder to escape from.”
En resumen, que he disfrutado un montón con esta serie y con este libro. La autora prepara una novela completa para 2020, con ART (recordemos, Asshole Research Transport) como coprotagonista, de nuevo. Lo bueno se hace esperar.
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Tras su relectura un año y medio después para prepararme para la quinta entrega, solo puedo decir que lo he disfrutado de nuevo. Hay partes que al perder la novedad ves con ojos un poco más críticos (no me queda muy claro por qué no denuncian el secuestro exactamente), pero esta serie no es lo que es por sus tramas 100% plausibles, lo es por la evolución del personaje y por las aventuras que corre. Y ahí siempre acierta. Muy recomendable. Y ahora, a por el 5º, finalmente.
leahrosereads
Written on May 3, 2020
I loved this and need to go get book 5 now!
smartflutist661
Written on Jan 1, 2020
Murderbot recognizes its freedom. More than that, Murderbot begins to recognize its human-ness. I suspect Murderbot may soon claim a name (other than Murderbot, that is). I could see this being excellent prequel-style material, a la the Witcher short stories.
As a whole, the four Murderbot novellas cause us, as much great fiction does, to question ourselves. Why do we do what we do? How do we separate ourselves from what others want us to be? Murderbot confronts these questions as it struggles to escape the legacy of traumatic captivity (a storyline I’ve seen more often in fantasy than sci-fi, I think). Murderbot’s essential humanity is clear to the reader from the get-go, though it takes a while to catch up. Overall, highly recommend.
kimbacaffeinate
Written on Mar 12, 2019
OK, enough fangirling back to Exit Strategy. Our Murderbot has evidence against the GrayCris Corporation, but Dr. Mensah is in trouble and our SecUnit plans to save her first.
Wow! From growth to unraveling what has happened, Wells provided an intense and entertaining ride. Our SecUnit is discovering friendship, feelings and more. I love his inner dialogue and disgust at himself as he realizes he cares. I laughed when he displayed some rather colorful human expressions and sighed when he experienced the joy of holding someone’s hand.
The geek in me, got my freak on with as he slipped into port systems, maps and overroad everything from trains to front loaders.
Kevin R. Free gave such a stellar performance for this series. He became the SecUnit and characters. He brought an AI to life and showcased the humor, snark and logical thinking Wells brought to our Murderbot. Free and Wells are a good pairing and I hope they continue together. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer
Mercy
Written on Oct 17, 2018
Quirky Cat
Written on Jun 22, 2018