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Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

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Artificial Condition

Murderbot Diaries (Book 2)

Author
Martha Wells
Narrator
Kevin R. Free
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Publish Date
8 May 2018
Run Time
3 hours 21 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Science fiction, Adventure fiction
Rating
4.6 (5 reviews)
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What to expect

The follow-up to the hugely popular science fiction action-adventure All Systems Red Artificial Condition continues The Murderbot Diaries, a science fiction 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 Iain 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. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." It has a dark past-one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don't want to know what the "A" stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.

User Reviews

Book 4.6

Narration 4.6

  • 5.0 4.0

    Great fun, good solid sci-fi and if you like Iain Banks Culture novels you’ll enjoy these - should think I’ll be listening to the rest and then probably the dramatised versions as well haha. Unputdownable, so to speak.

    TopCat1969 2026-02-12

Details
Author
Martha Wells
Narrator
Kevin R. Free
Duration
3 hours 21 minutes
Release Date
8 May 2018
ISBN
9781501977831
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Genre
Science fiction, Adventure fiction
Rating
4.6(5 reviews)
Narration
4.6(5 reviews)

Synopsis

The follow-up to the hugely popular science fiction action-adventure All Systems Red Artificial Condition continues The Murderbot Diaries, a science fiction 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 Iain 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. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." It has a dark past-one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don't want to know what the "A" stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.

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