All Systems Red - Martha Wells

All Systems Red

By Martha Wells

  • Release Date: 2017-05-02
  • Genre: Adventure Sci-Fi
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 2,327 Ratings

Description

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella
Winner of the Alex Award
A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

Now an Apple Original series from Academy Award nominees Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and starring Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård.


A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.

“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.

The Murderbot Diaries
All Systems Red
Artificial Condition
Rogue Protocol
Exit Strategy
Network Effect
Fugitive Telemetry
System Collapse


At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Reviews

  • Book splitting

    1
    By Rodeoqween
    The books in this series are only 175 or so pages but are full price. I liked the book, but I won’t pay for subsequent editions.
  • Jumping In

    5
    By BigAppleGreg
    Enjoyed the first installment of this series - reading them all before the AppleTV+ launch. A short read, and found it interesting. Robot with emotional twists and adaptations. Blend of Star Trek’s Data and Rogue One’s K-2SO, I think…. Look forward to seeing what Apple has in store for this one.
  • Book is great… narrator not so much.

    2
    By RealGirlTalk
    I wanna point out that this is one of the best books series. I’ve read in a long time. That being said, I would warn anyone before downloading this. I have no idea what they were thinking when they chose this narrator for this book. I couldn’t stomach my way through a single chapter. Honestly, an AI narrator would’ve been better, which I never thought I would say.
  • Pretty good

    4
    By TigersJC86
    I thought the story (short as it is) was pretty good. The main character has humor and wit. There’s some fun action that’s expected in a sci-fi book. My only criticism is it’s really short and if I had paid the $11.99 I would’ve been dissatisfied
  • Best book in awhile

    5
    By CieloAnna1
    If you like short, concise reads that focus on quippy humor, tough situations, and being in space - this is the book for you! I would recommend this to any and all readers.
  • Exceptional

    5
    By cl bb
    Went from interesting and thought provoking to profound . I don’t typically go for sci fi / fantasy but I enjoyed, and recommend strongly, this one
  • Short but good

    5
    By dmerc86
    Characters and plot moved along quickly. Definitely wanted more!
  • I didn’t want this to end

    5
    By jlvanderslice
    Each page better than the last. A dip into a wonderful universe and I can’t wait to read more.
  • Great unusual book

    5
    By ChambersAngie
    This was a great book, was fast moving, and very unusual to have a point of view from a robot. A very unusual, humorous, and very enjoyable book. I am looking forward to reading the sequel right away!
  • Be warned…

    4
    By Brainjax
    As with many popular series right now, this series is written explicitly to prolong the book sales as much as possible. As of this writing, it goes on for 8 books, all of which are pretty short. After the third book I began to notice even the writing itself dragged on more than it needed to just for the sake of extending its own lifespan. And to be honest, I skimmed a lot of the finer details. They got pretty muddied up often and I just kind of….gritted my teeth thru them to get to the actual plot points. I couldn’t tell if the author was attempting to paint a detailed picture for the reader or just trying to satisfy some word count. Despite all that, it is a good series. I’m invested in the protagonist. Tho, the use of parenthetical story telling did eventually wear on me.