All Systems Red

What All Systems Red is about

The narrator is a Security Unit, an artificial construct built to protect the humans it works with. At some point it hacked its own governor unit, which gave it the freedom to make its own choices. It has named itself Murderbot, and what it mostly wants is to be left alone to watch its favorite unrealistic soap operas.

The trouble is that it now spends more time around some caring humans, and it starts to develop feelings it would rather not have. Told in a dry, sardonic voice, this first book in a series by Martha Wells explores independence, identity, and what it means to connect with other people when you never asked to.

Questions about All Systems Red

When was All Systems Red published?

All Systems Red by Martha Wells was first published in 2017.

Was All Systems Red one of the best books of 2017?

All Systems Red is #25 on BookWard's Best Books of 2017, out of 73 2017 books that cleared our data bar. 350 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (45 ratings).

Why is All Systems Red on the Best Books of 2017 list?

350 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (45 ratings).

More of the best books of 2017

• The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, #1
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, #2
• A Court of Wings and Ruin Sarah J. Maas, #3
• One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, #4
• The Dark Prophecy Rick Riordan, #5
• Why We Sleep Matthew P. Walker, #6

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