@morothar

Kennst du The #Murderbot Diaries? Die Hauptperson verwendet im Englischen it/its. Das war für mich das erste Mail, dass ich ein ganzes Buch über eine Person mit den Pronomen gelesen habe. Danach habe ich überlegt, ob ich "es" für mich verwenden soll. Mein Problem damit ist, dass "es" da wo ich herkomme von Älteren häufig für Mädchen/ junge Frauen verwendet wird. Als AFAB-Person konnte ich mich bisher nicht dazu durchringen das zu reclaimen.

I finished Jade City by #FondaLee but it didn't work for me like it has for many others. I found the pacing uneven and there were too many characters I didn't care about. After forcing my way through the final 100 pages, I needed something different, something decidedly fun.

So I returned to #Murderbot's third entry, Rogue Protocol by @marthawells. Once again, it was great, it was fun and I learnt a lot about humanness from an antisocial bot.

Everyone in our flat loves #Murderbot, but no one as much as Quinn. #cats

I was a little sceptical about reading Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries - it didn't sound like something I'd be into - but glad I have. I've just read the first three (they're all quite quick reads) and just starting on the fourth, Exit Strategy.

The magic ingredient is how endearing the character of SecUnit/Murderbot actually is (and the other sentient non-humans, really).

Martha Wells is also EXCEPTIONALLY good at writing action.

#Murderbot #MurderbotDiaries #ScienceFiction

I had the first Martha Wells Murderbot book in my queue for some time now.

I think it was Anne Leckie’s comments that convinced me to get it, but it’s been piled behind other books, so I didn’t read it until just now.

By which I mean I started a few hours ago and now I’m done. If you inferred from this that the book was a quick and pleasant read, you inferred correctly.

Recommended.

#sf #murderbot #books

Short Circuit is a lot like the #Murderbot novels come think of it. A machine designed for extreme destruction has a behavioral limiter removed and it decides to spend a lot of time watching television. INPUT! At least that's how I'm interpreting Johnny 5 gaining sentience due to an overvoltage.

Short Circuit is still a steaming pile of garbage otherwise, of course.

I like the touch aversion #Murderbot has but I still don't feel represented :')

To me it's not something that repells me so much I go ew, but on a level with things I don't enjoy at all but can do without twitching, like doing dishes or cleaning the litter boxes.

Most of the time I still think it's a duty-thing gesture for everyone because I forget how unhinged humans are.

@macpsych exactly how I picture the stations in the #MurderBot series!

Meme for Network Effect #murderbot #TMBD #murderbotdiaries #assholeresearchtransport #aita

Finishing up listening to Network Effect - #Murderbot 5 - for the second time, after having read it multiple times over the years as well. It's a high-anxiety listen, gotta tell you, even though I know (VERY well) what happens and how. @bookstodon

#FicWriting #Prompts

#Murderbot and ART watch your favourite show.

example:
Murderbot and ART watch OFMD: ART is concerned about the ships. They criticise Ed and Stede in a way that directly reflects their own relationship. Go, I want to read that!

(I'll put "Murderbot and ART play #TheWitcher3" into my fic writing pipeline.)

@bruce me too. Can’t wait for new #Murderbot in November.

Also, if you haven’t seen it yet, @murderbotbot is a delight.

Just finishing my third re-read of the full series of “The Rise and Fall of Santuary Moon”, sorry, I mean #Murderbot by #MarthaWells.

"Possibly I was overthinking this. I do that; it's the anxiety that comes with being a part-organic murderbot. The upside was paranoid attention to detail. The downside was also paranoid attention to detail."

LOL, I feel seen!

-- quote from the fourth #Murderbot Diaries book, "Exit Strategy", by Martha Wells

Last night I started #TranslationState by @ann_leckie . I was pulled right in, surfing the whiplash from a chapter one reminiscent of Bilbo's goodbye to a chapter two with character with a voice right out of #Murderbot.
What's next tonight in chapter three? (That's a rhetorical question. No spoilers, please) #sff

All Systems Red is a sci-fi novella that is interesting and short enough to finish in a single sitting. A great choice to get out of a reading funk. It's also the first in the MurderBot series, so you can get hooked on some great sci-fi-lite fun.

My review: https://codeyarns.com/personal/2023-08-06-all-systems-red.html

#bookstodon #books #MarthaWells #AllSystemsRed #MurderBot

"Network Effect" Martha Wells. 4 stars. She's perfected the #MurderBot recipe: awkward AI-AI relationship, friendly humans, emotional discomfort, clever conflict.

Reading time 3 days, 117 pages/day

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #BookWyrm #SciFi

https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila/review/44583/s/prefectged-the-recipe#anchor-44583

I'm now reading Martha Wells' 5th story in the Murderbot Diaries speculative fiction series. This book, "Network Effects," won a Hugo Award for best novel. The main character Sec Unit is *such* a wiseass! I am forcing myself to put it down between chapters to make it last, but my bookmark is inexorably moving towards the back of the book. Smiles plus adventure! #bookstodon #books #Murderbot #MarthaWells #ScienceFiction #Fiction

@danielbowen

#murderbot is just such a likeable narrator, and the world is so interesting through its commentary.

If I could toot-quote or whatever, I would do it with this murderbot quote:

https://botsin.space/@murderbotbot/110791814288432424

Let us be like Preservation. It sounds like a nice place to live.

#murderbot #utopia