All Systems Red (2004) by Martha Wells

Book Review

All Systems Red (2004)

by Martha Wells

      Science Fiction writer Martha Wells caught my eye this past year when she won a trifecta of science fiction awards for her latest entry in her series,  The Murderbot Diaries.   All Systems Red was the first book in that series- individual titles in the series are brief- novellas at best, lengthy short stories at not, but the whole series is a continuous, sequential story about one narrator, a "rogue" sec-unit, he gave himself the "Murder Bot" name- it is what it calls its self (no sex organs for murderbots) on a galaxy-wide quest to find out the truth about itself and it's past.

   There is no denying the sophistication of Wells' treatment of complex subjects like AI.   It looks like Recorded Books did Audiobook versions of all the titles in the Murderbot series, so it is a good opportunity for non-genre fans of potential cross-over literature to take a listen via your local Libby library app.