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Artificial Condition
by Martha Wells
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Murderbot oh Murderbot, wherefore art thou Murderbot.
Okay okay I jest.
But this sequel was a journey into the unknown for our little cyborgish binge-watching Murderbot. I got out my electronic pompoms and cheered on the sidelines and instead of orange slices - I offer Murderbot the full season of House Targaryen and just for kicks, every episode of Community because she/they are on a mission and it's a marathon not a sprint.
By the way - if Murderbot's mind has been theirs to control for 33 000 hours, calculating that a normal cycle is still 24 hours, would that mean that Murderbot is 1375 days old or it was rebooted after the malfunction and is now 1375 days without incident. And then I am left to wonder how old the SecUnit is. You see...Martha Wells there you go bringing out the nerd in me. Love it
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Plot/Storyline: Murderbot needs to change in order to learn what it was before - why it "malfunctioned" before and change is such a key theme in this installment of the SecUnit's diaries. We all get comfortable and prefer to remain hidden in the shell we've created for ourselves. ART - the transport unit with a big brain is the bestie who tells you off to help you - we all need one of those.
Characters: I believe it's pretty obvious I'm a big fan of ART
Favorite scene: The Murderbot and the EXTRAGALACTIC transport aka ART watch tv together. Adorable: So we watched Worldhoppers. It didn’t complain about the lack of realism. After three episodes, it got agitated whenever a minor character was killed. When a major character died in the twentieth episode I had to pause seven minutes while it sat there in the feed doing the bot equivalent of staring at a wall, pretending that it had to run diagnostics. Then four episodes later the character came back to life and it was so relieved we had to watch that episode three times before it would go on.
Favorite Quote/Concept: “I like parts of my function.” I liked protecting people and things. I liked figuring out smart ways to protect people and things. I liked being right. (Murderbot on it's apparent self-loathing as perceived by the sentient transport bot)
Okay okay I jest.
But this sequel was a journey into the unknown for our little cyborgish binge-watching Murderbot. I got out my electronic pompoms and cheered on the sidelines and instead of orange slices - I offer Murderbot the full season of House Targaryen and just for kicks, every episode of Community because she/they are on a mission and it's a marathon not a sprint.
By the way - if Murderbot's mind has been theirs to control for 33 000 hours, calculating that a normal cycle is still 24 hours, would that mean that Murderbot is 1375 days old or it was rebooted after the malfunction and is now 1375 days without incident. And then I am left to wonder how old the SecUnit is. You see...Martha Wells there you go bringing out the nerd in me. Love it
***********************************************************************
Plot/Storyline: Murderbot needs to change in order to learn what it was before - why it "malfunctioned" before and change is such a key theme in this installment of the SecUnit's diaries. We all get comfortable and prefer to remain hidden in the shell we've created for ourselves. ART - the transport unit with a big brain is the bestie who tells you off to help you - we all need one of those.
Characters: I believe it's pretty obvious I'm a big fan of ART
Favorite scene: The Murderbot and the EXTRAGALACTIC transport aka ART watch tv together. Adorable: So we watched Worldhoppers. It didn’t complain about the lack of realism. After three episodes, it got agitated whenever a minor character was killed. When a major character died in the twentieth episode I had to pause seven minutes while it sat there in the feed doing the bot equivalent of staring at a wall, pretending that it had to run diagnostics. Then four episodes later the character came back to life and it was so relieved we had to watch that episode three times before it would go on.
Favorite Quote/Concept: “I like parts of my function.” I liked protecting people and things. I liked figuring out smart ways to protect people and things. I liked being right. (Murderbot on it's apparent self-loathing as perceived by the sentient transport bot)