This week I'm featuring the first novella in The Murderbot Diaries, ALL SYSTEMS RED, by Martha Wells. It's a quick and engrossing science fiction survival thriller of murder, escape, and corporate conspiracy on an unexplored world, and I enjoyed it so much I devoured it in half a day. For the teaser I offer the first three sentences of the book, which tell exactly what you can expect from the story and its awkward and highly relatable main character - don't let the "Murderbot" moniker fool you.
"I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure."
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So what are you reading this week?
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