All systems red / Martha Wells ; [edited by Lee Harris].
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
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- ISBN: 9781250214713
- ISBN: 1250214718
- Physical Description: 171 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: First hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2017
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General Note: | The New York Times bestselling series "HUgo and Nebula Award Winner!"--Jacket Includes excerpt from the the next novella in the Murderbot Diaries, Artificial Condition. |
Awards Note: | Hugo Award for Best Novella, 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novella, 2018 Alex Award, 2018 Locus Award, 2018 Verge's Best Books, 2017 |
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Subject: | Artificial intelligence > Fiction. Space > Fiction. |
Genre: | Science fiction. |
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Summary:
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