158 pages
English language
Published May 25, 2018
if this book had a subtitle, it should be "a robot's guide to masking" or something along those lines.
the parallels between Eden and autism seem even more overt than they were in ASR. I wasn't sure if I was correctly reading between the lines in ASR, but very little twixt-line reading is needed for this one.
Wild that these books are so cosy. Devoured in about an hour, they're snug little reads that dont need much from you, which is very nice. Mystery, action, media, its got it all! (Loved our new friend ART, I hope it returns.)
This book flew by! Must have liked it more than I thought.
This is the second book of The Murderbot Diaries and I enjoyed it a lot more than the first one. It had a bit of a detective novel feel to it, even though it isn't anything like that. Plus I really enjoyed that there was another AI for Murderbot to talk to. I hope ART comes back in the future! Looking forward to reading more of these fun, short books.
This is the second book of The Murderbot Diaries and I enjoyed it a lot more than the first one. It had a bit of a detective novel feel to it, even though it isn't anything like that. Plus I really enjoyed that there was another AI for Murderbot to talk to. I hope ART comes back in the future! Looking forward to reading more of these fun, short books.
What a fun little series this is! The books are pretty short but they are a joy - a diary of a Murderbot, a security robot who has attained some form of freedom / consciousness. This time, it is trying to find out a bit about its history and gets the help of the AI in a transport ship it takes. It modifies themurderbot to look more like an augmented human and proceeds to help some humans out of a jam and finds out a bit more about its history.
The society is so fully realized and the story is told with such warmth and humor that I can't get enough of the book. The Murderbot is always ready with a good quip (the back and forth between the bot and the ship's AI is a riot) and is always ready for a fight. There's a pretty good story, a …
What a fun little series this is! The books are pretty short but they are a joy - a diary of a Murderbot, a security robot who has attained some form of freedom / consciousness. This time, it is trying to find out a bit about its history and gets the help of the AI in a transport ship it takes. It modifies themurderbot to look more like an augmented human and proceeds to help some humans out of a jam and finds out a bit more about its history.
The society is so fully realized and the story is told with such warmth and humor that I can't get enough of the book. The Murderbot is always ready with a good quip (the back and forth between the bot and the ship's AI is a riot) and is always ready for a fight. There's a pretty good story, a pretty good side story and a pretty good open ending, so I can't wait to get started on book #3!
Martha Wells is a great story teller, very engaging and fast-paced. And murderbot is such a fascinating character.
