
All Systems Red
Martha Wells(Author)
St Martin's Press
Published on 22. January 2019
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-250-21471-3 (ISBN)
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For the first time in hardcover, Martha Wells' award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems Red
Winner: 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella
Winner: 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella
Winner: 2018 Alex Award
One of the Verge's Best Books of 2017
"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 (and to watch its favorite show in its downtime.)
But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
Winner: 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella
Winner: 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella
Winner: 2018 Alex Award
One of the Verge's Best Books of 2017
"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 (and to watch its favorite show in its downtime.)
But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
246 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-250-21471-3 (9781250214713)
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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 non-fiction. Her New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series has won the Alex and Nebula Awards and been shortlisted for others.