Artificial Condition, Martha Wells
Artificial Condition, Martha Wells
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Artificial Condition

Author: Martha Wells

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Unabridged: 3 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/08/2018

Synopsis

The follow-up to the hugely popular science fiction action-adventure All Systems Red Artificial Condition continues The Murderbot Diaries, a science fiction series that tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. It appeals to fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. 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. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." It has a dark past-one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don't want to know what the "A" stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.

About Martha Wells

Martha Wells has written many fantasy novels, including The Wizard Hunters, Wheel of the Infinite, the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on April 28, 2020

All the stars! ART the spaceship transport AI is not to be missed. An awesome sequel to the Nebula award-winning “All Systems Red.” I liked it even better than the first book, and this one was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature: The illicit advent......more

Goodreads review by Emily on July 14, 2018

The good news is that I still love Murderbot and that I now also love ART. The bad news is that I unfortunately didn't like this book as much as the first one. I couldn't get into the story until half way through it. I still very much look forward to reading the next awkward adventures of Murderbot th......more

Goodreads review by Elle on February 21, 2019

I said, “Sometimes people do things to you that you can't do anything about. You just have to survive it and go on.” They all stopped talking and stared at me. It made me nervous and I immediately switched my view to the nearest security camera so I could watch us from the side. I had said it......more

Goodreads review by karen on April 30, 2021

Humans should really do more research. There were operating manuals that would have warned her not to fuck with us. All Systems Red lit the fuse, this one exploded. i am now fully on team murderbot. murrrrrderbotttt—saving pesky humans from their foolhardiness, giving sexbots some dang agency, and di......more

Goodreads review by Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews on March 23, 2022

4.5 stars. Even better than the first one -- this book pumps up the sarcastic action I really liked the first Murderbot Diaries book, but this one took it to another level and is one of the better short stories I have ever read. This entry is more exciting, funnier, has better characters, and better d......more

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