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Network Effect

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by Martha Wells
Kevin R. Free
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Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot series exploded onto the scene in 2017, and the world has not been the same, since.
Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel, Network Effect.
You know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot.
Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. you'll read this century.
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I'm usually alone in my head, and that's where 90 plus percent of my problems are.
When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.
Drastic action it is, then.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Murderbot Diaries

  • Publisher

  • Awards

  • Release date

    June 1, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781980021704
      • File size: 368660 KB
      • Duration: 12:48:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Kevin R. Free narrates the first full-length Murderbot novel, after four previous novellas. Once again, Murderbot has to rescue its humans from the idiotic mess they have gotten themselves into when it would really rather be left alone to watch its media in peace. Narrator Free perfectly captures the acerbic, exasperated tone of Murderbot that makes it so relatable. He also voices a cast of myriad humans, many of whom will be familiar from previous installments. While it can be difficult to keep track of the finer points of the complex plot, his narration keeps everything moving along briskly and enjoyably until all of the pieces click into place with the inevitable precision and logic of an episode of Worldhoppers. K.M.P. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from February 17, 2020
      Hugo- and Nebula-winner Wells’s excellent first full-length Murderbot Diaries novel (after the novella Exit Strategy) sees her hilariously humanlike Artificial Intelligence Security Unit recount a routine space mission gone horribly awry. SecUnit would rather be streaming its favorite shows than protecting the rather fragile human crew it works for, even if it has become somewhat partial to them. Unfortunately, being captured has become a matter of course for the crew’s missions, and this time the kidnapping brings SecUnit face-to-face with its pseudo-creator, ART (Asshole Research Transport). Turns out that ART, another AI, needs SecUnit’s help to rescue it from a hostile takeover by alien remnant technology. SecUnit’s gloriously candid, frequently confused assessments of its crew and their predicaments allow for an amusingly childlike perspective on what it means to be human. Wells puts an astonishing amount of technical detail into SecUnit’s narrative, which will please hard sci-fi readers without detracting from the engaging story line. Series fans and anyone who enjoys humor-infused space operas won’t want to miss this. Agent: Jennifer Jackson, Donald Maass Literary.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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