ALL SYSTEMS RED by Martha Wells

AGENDA:

1. Short introductions (name, pronouns, one thing you liked about the book)
2. Discussion of ALL SYSTEMS RED
3. Deciding on March title*

ALL SYSTEMS RED won a Nebula Award in 2017, as well as a Hugo Award, a Locus Award, and the ALA Alex Award in 2018.

""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."

ALL SYSTEMS RED is available for purchase through WritersBlockBookstore.com (USPS ship-to-home, in-store pickup, audiobook download from Libro.fm, or ebook download through My Must Reads). You can also borrow it from the Orange County Public Library System as a physical book via grab-and-go or home delivery, as an audiobook download through the Hoopla app, or as an ebook download through the Overdrive and Libby apps. If you have any questions about how to obtain the book through these means, please comment on the event or DM host Shelby Bouck.

*Feel free to suggest a book from any genre for March! It should be published for an adult or young adult audience and be one continuous work, i.e. not a collection of short stories, essays, or poems.