Network Effect

, #5

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Martha Wells: Network Effect (Paperback, 2021, Tor.com)

paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published March 29, 2021 by Tor.com.

ISBN:
978-1-250-22985-4
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ISFDB ID:
2717735

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4 stars (4 reviews)

Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.

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.

Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. you’ll read this century.

4 editions

reviewed Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

High action, philosophical, fun

4 stars

Even better than a season of Sanctuary Moon.

An action packed page-turning novel that managed to fit in a pretty good whodunnit mystery, a big dose of humour along with some rather serious philosophical pondering on free will and the nature of ethics, all without slowing the pace down. I thought about calling this a rollercoaster, but it's more like being strapped to a high-speed rocket weaving through a star wars style asteroid field . It's totally unrealistic, and if you've read the book you'll understand why that's a compliment.