Writers Read Craft Book Club - The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red

This in-person book club + writer's craft talk series is ideal for authors of all skill levels who want to read a work of fiction and then discuss it in terms of writing craft elements -- all in a comfortable group setting guided by author Eric Boyd!

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March Novella: The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red. Published 2017 by Tor.com. 150 pages.

Craft Discussion Topics: Voice, unlikeable characters, world building, motivation reaction units (MRUs), and more.

**Synopsis from Marthawells.com**
A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that blends HBO's Westworld with Iain M. Banks' Culture books. 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.

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Plan to Bring:

• Your copy of the book
• A notebook and something to write with
• Your enthusiasm to learn new things!

Capacity: Held in collaboration with ASU's Authorpreneurship initiative, we can seat up to 50 people. You need to be on the RSVP list to be allowed into the free session :)

Host: Eric Boyd
Eric loves to geek out over writing craft, story ideas, and the last book he read. A lawyer and dad to two teenagers, he writes middle grade horror and is currently working on an adult horror novel. Eric has led events and workshops for SCBWI, Shut Up & Write, and the Ubergroup, and he brings that same energy and curiosity to POP’s “Writers Read” program.

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ASU Authorpreneurship is where creativity meets business. An initiative within the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute at Arizona State University.