All Systems Red

The Murderbot Diaries, #1

by Martha Wells

eBook, 156 pages

English language

Published Dec. 13, 2017 by Tor.com.

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"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

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.

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.

3 editions

Library Liberty Zed reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

What a Fun little Treat

4 stars

"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.[...]. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.

That was a nice little entertainment. SecBot is a nice (but not new) mixture of laziness, virtues and superhuman skills and reminds me of Kvothe in the kingskiller chronicles. Thanks @reading tofu for the recommendation!

mouse reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

what a fun little read

No rating

it's hard to pull off a sardonic robot protagonist, and I think this did it

Greg Grossmeier reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Fun short novel with a strong voice

4 stars

It's a short novel so I can't expect much in character development outside of the main one, but that is my one critique: I'd like to know more about the other members of the crew and their situations.

But overall it was a fun listen; engaging, interesting, suspenseful.

BoMay reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Fun sci-fi adventure

4 stars

Nothing too fancy here but an entertaining and fast paced character focused adventure story. Looking forward to picking up the next installment.

Kévin reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Review of 'All systems red' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Bit of a quick read, but not going to complain. Personally I liked the storyline, the humour of the murderbot too.

I may or may not be (read : I am currently) throwing money at the other books right now.