Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries

Excellent continuation to this wonderful series. Written from murderbot’s point of view, this is a refreshing original way to see the future world that ms Wells has so carefully crafted Can’t wait for next installment

The follow-on to “All Systems Red” keeps the plot tight and moving and introduces a temporary sidekick to the protagonist who is an enjoyable character in their own right. A great second installment in a series that keeps my attention and interest in what happens next.

Words cannot express how much I love Murderbot. Simply put, if you liked the first one (All Systems Red) you will love the second one. If you haven’t read the first one yet, go and read it immediately!

Satisfying next chapter in the Murderbot diairies. The Murderbot finds a friend or at least an ally, finds out what happened in its past, and is learning to cope as a rogue unit. Well written, and fast paced.

A fun and interesting story which I quite enjoyed. But $9.99 for these little tiny ebooks is ridiculous, the store. I have to point out that most of Lois McMaster Bujold's work, which is also excellent, is available at $6.99 or less.

I didn’t start Artificial Condition as soon as it hit my reader because I knew I wouldn’t be able to stop once I started and I was right! Now I’m eagerly awaiting the next one and am very glad there’s another after that!

I've been waiting for this installment in the Murderbot Dairies since I finished All Systems Red. (the first installment) It was worth the wait and I hate waiting.

Murderbot has decided to go on a quest to unravel its past, on the way it finds itself being psychoanalyzed by a smug space ship, working as a security consultant for humans who are determined to allow hope to get in the way of their own survival, and a whole lot of trouble.

One of the lovely things that Martha Wells does very well is create an action adventure with compelling characters, very few people do both of those things well but she's a master. This is a very very good novella that is only, as the first one was, too short. I love spending time with Murderbot and Co and am waiting (im)patiently for the next Diary Entry.

Satisfying next chapter in the Murderbot diairies. The Murderbot finds a friend or at least an ally, finds out what happened in its past, and is learning to cope as a rogue unit. Well written, and fast paced.

A fun and interesting story which I quite enjoyed. But $9.99 for these little tiny ebooks is ridiculous, the store. I have to point out that most of Lois McMaster Bujold's work, which is also excellent, is available at $6.99 or less.

I didn’t start Artificial Condition as soon as it hit my reader because I knew I wouldn’t be able to stop once I started and I was right! Now I’m eagerly awaiting the next one and am very glad there’s another after that!

I've been waiting for this installment in the Murderbot Dairies since I finished All Systems Red. (the first installment) It was worth the wait and I hate waiting.

Murderbot has decided to go on a quest to unravel its past, on the way it finds itself being psychoanalyzed by a smug space ship, working as a security consultant for humans who are determined to allow hope to get in the way of their own survival, and a whole lot of trouble.

One of the lovely things that Martha Wells does very well is create an action adventure with compelling characters, very few people do both of those things well but she's a master. This is a very very good novella that is only, as the first one was, too short. I love spending time with Murderbot and Co and am waiting (im)patiently for the next Diary Entry.

Very short for the price. Mildly amusing for the AI's to act like children, scared when watching human soap opera. Not much else going on in the book. I think the three parts of this should have been released as a single book for a normal price.

Once again, Martha Wells has knocked it out of the park with this new installation of the Murderbot Diaries. Picking up immediately following the events of book one, this volume sees the now free and contract-less MB heading back to the mining planet RaviHyral - site of the mass killing it took part in years ago - where it hopes to find some answers as to why and how the massacre took place. Along the way, it picks up a powerful new acquaintance in a bored transport shuttle AI mind (more ART next time, Martha, pretty please) and gets into a sticky situation with a group of humans looking for a security consultant to help keep them from being murdered by a villainous mining company.

Murderbot is one of the best characters currently going in sci-fi, and Wells brings it to life masterfully as a sympathetic protagonist that has recognizable, relatable human traits while still being far from human. The world building and future technology of the MB Diaries are both very cool, and Wells' outstanding prose shows us the story happening without ever becoming too predictable or beating us over the head with exposition. I've loved both MB stories so far and can't wait for more.

A construct, who calls itself Murderbot, has hacked its control governor and freed itself to roam at will. Murderbot really wants to know if she was part of a massacre at a mining operation elsewhere in the galaxy, or was she just a fall guy for those who made it happen. The scientists who bought her wanted her to stay with them and be safe, but she feels she isn't going to be safe, nor will they be safe from her or other killers, until she knows those answers.

Meanwhile she'll watch part of her massive download of media. Her processor is so efficient that she can carry on multiple actions at once and not miss a scene in her favorite shows. Those shows help gain her a friend, ART, a construct that operates an interplanetary freighter, and has access to a lot of data bases that are out of her reaches. ART also transports her, first out of curiousity, then becoming enthralled by her media collection, and educated about humanity in the process.

Murderbot now has an ally in her search for information. ART thinks of itself as a friend. Does Murderbot have room in her life for friends? She likes her humans, who seem to like her as friends, but forming attachments is both dangerous and traumatic for a Security Unit who may have to kill or destroy other Units...or humans...at any time.

An excellent follow-up to the first of the series, this builds on the themes introduced in the first one, and in general expands the universe in every direction. What I really love is how we have such a tight POV, it's all from Murderbot's POV, and so if we are to get any perspective, we have to take its word for it, but sometimes in other people's reactions, we can see hints that Murderbot is coming at all of this from a non-standard angle with some pretty big gaps in its knowledge. (The detail that showed this most to me was at one point when Murderbot, who is pretending to be an enhanced human instead of a from-the-ground-up cyborg, is pretending to sleep, and the human it's sleeping next to comes over quietly to curl up next to it to sleep, and an outside observer has to be the one to explain to a terrified Murderbot that the reason the human is doing that is because she's frightened and finds Murderbot reassuring, probably because Murderbot has saved her life several times by that point.)

There are some great explorations of what it means to be a person, and some great action scenes, some phenomenally snappy lines-- in general, this is a great read and I can't recommend it enough.

Love the setting, character, concepts - all very engaging. After reading the first book, happily pre-ordered this one. Story doesn't disappoint.

$10 for 160 pages - not so wonderful. I read the "book" in just over an hour. Had it been $4.99 I would have felt ok, but also would have thought marketing as novella more accurate.

This story is about our favorite murderbot adjusting to their changed circumstances. They are free now, and with freedom comes a complete change in paradigm. Through the course of the book, they change their physical appearance, way of thinking, and how they relate to others to reflect this. All while seeking closure for the past event that removed their governing module.

Every bit as funny, smart and stylish as the previous volume. Murderbot is now a free agent, in search of the truth about its murderous past. On the way it meets a nasty enemy, some witless youths in need of rescuing, and makes an unlikely friend... I enjoyed the fast pace, the deft plot, and the subtle portrayal of a dystopian world.

I enjoyed what was there, but ... it was about half a book. Lots of things left ... in the air, and while not by any means a "cliff hanger", the end was pretty abrupt. Like others, I was disappointed; I've enjoyed all of Ms Wells' other books that I've read.

Seemed shorted than the first one and that was made more annoying by the fact you had to wait 1/4 of the novel for the protagonist to interact with humans, which I find to be the most interesting/amusing parts of the story.

So, Murderbot found a friend. The rest unfolds into a sarcastic adventure. This book was a perfect read for a sick-day. It reads quickly, with a good blend of action, danger and humor. I can't wait for the next.