I found the protagonist, a security android named Murderbot, humorous and captivating.
Murderbot pretends not to care for the humans it’s contracted to protect, but it can’t help itself. After the first book, I became an invested reader in this award-winning series, thoroughly entertained by Murderbot finding more inventive ways to defend its human clients from dangerous situations.
In its struggles to interact with humans in a socially acceptable manner, Murderbot also tries to understand more of who it is.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells begins The Murderbot Diaries, a new science fiction action and adventure series that tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. It appeals to fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or lain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans. In a corporate dominated s pa cef a ring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by…
Channi, despite her misfortunes, possesses an incredible dauntlessness to protect her younger sister, Vanna from a demon witch.
The sisters’ touching relationship which is at the heart of this story really resonated with me since I’m also the oldest child in a family of four siblings. Bonus: There’s plenty of fight-to-the-death action scenes amidst the backdrop of breathtaking, beautiful settings.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimedauthor of SIX CRIMSON CRANES comes a fantasy tale of two sisters—one as beautiful as the other is monstrous—who must fight to save each other when a betrothal contest gone wrong unleashes an evil that could sever their bond forever!
One sister must fall for the other to rise.
Channi was not born a monster. But when her own father offers her in sacrifice to the Demon Witch, she is forever changed. Cursed with a serpent’s face, Channi is the exact opposite of her beautiful sister, Vanna—the only person in the village…
Enduring sci-fi reads usually contain insightful commentary on the human condition, and this book delivered that in an unexpected way with devastating effect.
I was fascinated by how the Chinese Cultural Revolution changed the novel’s characters. This period of history shaped their perspectives on mankind’s nature, which leads them to take rather intriguing actions against it. The three-body problem, which is a physics problem, was also explained in an accessible way that makes you feel smarter.
This Hugo Award winning story is one of the most unique that I’ve read.
Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon - soon to be a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.
1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind.
Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable…
Set on planet Eamine within a genetically engineered colony, a young mother finds herself up against the colony’s central corporation when she discovers they want to exploit her baby’s remarkable DNA anomaly.
