Book number six of a seven book series of science fiction novellas, short stories, and full length novels according to the publishing date. This is book number five of the seven book series according to chronological date. I reread the well printed hardcover published by Tor in 2021 that I bought new from Amazon. The book is not well bound since the back broke on me on the second reading and the front pages are starting to come loose. I purchased the hardcover since it was cheaper than the trade paperback at the time. The series won the 2021 Hugo for the best series. I have all seven books in the series and am reading the seventh book now.
Murderbot is a SecUnit, similar to a T-800 Terminator with a cloned and severely modified human head. There is a human brain in there but it is controlled by the AIs embedded in its genderless torso. There are lungs, there is a blood mixture with a synthetic, there is human skin over the entire body, there is a face, there is hair on the head and eyebrows. Everything else is machine. Somehow, the blood is enriched with electricity as there is no stomach or intestines. But, there are arteries and veins to keep the skin and brain alive. All of the major arteries and veins have clamps to stop bleeding in case of damage. There is a MedSystem computer with an AI, a SecSystem computer with an AI, and a governor module that can force the SecUnit to follow orders using pain sensors in the brain. It has a energy gun in each arm and several cameras, all directly wired to the brain. The SecUnit can sustain severe damage to everything but the head and still survive.
Murderbot is a self named SecUnit due to an unfortunate circumstance with 57 miners on a remote moon. It has hacked its governor and no longer allows the governor to give it orders or inflict pain. It prefers to internally watch its 35,000 hours of downloaded media such as episodes of "The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon" and "WorldHoppers". Even though it has a face, it does not like to interface with humans, yes, very introverted. It will follow human orders if it sees fit to do so.
Murderbot is back to the normal security duty for its friend, Dr. Mensah, the head of the Preservation planet. Murderbot is called to investigate a dead body on Preservation Station in the mall area, the space station in orbit around the Preservation planet. Complications and misunderstandings ensue as Dr. Mensah insists that Murderbot be a part of the investigation with station security.
Murderbot is an incredibly interesting character. It handles horrible situations easily and personal interactions difficultly. Like I said, interesting.
Quotes from the book:
1. "Humans do the “make it a question so it doesn’t sound so bad” thing and it still sounds bad."
2. "All I wanted to do was watch media and not exist. I said, You know I don’t like fun."
3. "I just realized I don’t like the phrase “as far as I knew” because it implies how much you actually don’t know. I’m not going to stop using it, but. I don’t like it as much anymore."
Warning: There is violence and death in the books. Books one through four are a series of novellas, not regular length books. Book five is a regular length novel, book six is back to the novella, and book seven is a full length novel. You can buy a collection of the first four hardbacks at a nice discount.
There is a free short story "Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory" between books four and five.
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