July Book Club: Murderbot (All Systems Red) by Martha Wells

After much discussion, we settled on All Systems Red for next month, the first novella in the Murderbot Diaries. For those interested, the series is currently being adapted into a TV show on Apple Tv, and gaining popularity as a result.

The meetup was charged the 6 month fee again recently and it's even more expensive now too, so I appreciate any contribution on funds, especially if you haven't in a while. Thanks so much! You're welcome to bring cash or my venmo is Tobias-Roth-2

The description reads:

In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. 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 is 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, Murderbot 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 Murderbot to get to the truth.