Charles de Lint for Fantasy & Science Fiction A welcome expansion of this universe and lays the groundwork for more stories to come in a series that continues to grow and impress. I found I had to stop myself from rereading the whole book right on the spot. Murderbot, with its on-point observations and addictive interior monologues, is easily one of my favorite characters in SF. The New Scientist This is a terrific space opera, a classic space adventure but with a very modern sensibility. Network Effect great.-Wired A glorious thought-provoking Murderbot tale.As we may be stuck in social isolation for the foreseeable future, I can think of no better company than this paranoid android. NPR I might have a little bit of a thing for a robot. Network Effect is a wonderful continuation of the series, and I highly recommend it. Murderbot and the world it inhabits constantly leave you wanting more, in the best possible way. When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.Ī 2021 Nebula Award Winner! Shortlisted for the 2022 Seiun Award! Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR Book Riot Polygon If the first books were episodes in a four-part TV miniseries, then Network Effect is the feature-length movie with the bigger budget and scope. I'm usually alone in my head, and that's where 90 plus percent of my problems are.

You know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot.Ĭome for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. Network Effect offers an opportunity like never before for bookstore readers to dive into the series.

A quarter of a million copies later, Murderbot is back in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.

The series has grown with every release, with book #2 debuting at 95 on the USA Today Bestseller List, #3 at 77, and #4 at 48. The New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot series exploded onto the scene in 2017, and the world has not been the same, since.

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