Artificial Condition

De: Martha Wells

Narrado por: Kevin R. Free

The follow-up to the hugely popular science fiction action-adventure All Systems Red

Artificial Condition continues The Murderbot Diaries, a science fiction series that tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. It appeals to fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.

Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don't want to know what the "A" stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.

What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.

©2018 Martha Wells (P)2018 Recorded Books

I adore Murderbot!!!

Murderbot is searching for an understanding of what happened the first time he went rogue... where people died, and when his mind was erased! In his search, he stows away on a research transport vessel with the tacit knowledge of the ship's AI pilot (ART), and pays for his passage by offering up hundreds of hours of entertainment video feeds.  What starts out as a simple enough transaction, actually turns into an uneasy alliance between the two bots... ART's main driving purpose is to fly, he is a ship, and take care of crew, since this leg of the trip is crew-less, ART is spending all of it's time offering Murderbot assistance and commentary... and of course watching vids... I love Murderbot's cynicism and almost-human-like morality, as he searches for his very own "Meaning of Life".
Again Kevin R Free gives us an awesome performance, catching all the nuances of Murderbot as he navigates between two worlds, of AI and human... 
I can't over recommend this action packed novella... the Murderbot Diaries are Terrific!

Murder Bot is as hilarious as they are awkward.

These short novella books are turning out to be quite the riot and the perfect go to for a slow shift. I've immensely enjoyed the tale of an asshole ship playing therapist, a group of impetuous youths thinking they can take o the world and the poor Murder bot exasperated with them both.

Love this series

All Systems Red convinced me that I needed to get the series, and Artificial Condition did not disappoint.

I love it!

I love this book and the whole series. I have purchased them all, and can't stop listening at every chance possible!

I LOVE MURDERBOT

I have listened to this book 3 times and I love it SOOOO much, I cannot recommend this series enough.

terrible ending he just walks away No goodbyes .t

too sgort books 1 and 2
terrible endings. I hate when then story just ends. never did understand why he murdered all those people.

Kevin rocks this.

This series is great fun...well written, interesting and engaging.
That said, I am of the opinion that Kevin *is* MurderBot. I don't believe anyone could bring this book to life in the way he does. Great job, Kevin!

Murderbot seeks answers from its past

This is book continues what is turning out to be a fun sci-fi series. As with the first book, the narration is excellent. This story is too short, and really ought to have been combined with book 1. In summary, the main character, an android that calls itself "Muderbot" tries to find answers about a terrible event in its distant past. Along the way it finds a friend, contracts with humans for a new assignment, and learns more about itself and what it is like to be free in the human-centric society.

good and expensive

i like these but they are a really bad deal when full price. 10 bucks for a 3 hr book? not a super deal. the story is well written and the audio is done well, but at this price point i think the target market must be wealthy people with money to burn.

good

seen this on sale for like $4. worth the 4 bucks, but I wouldn't waste the credit until all books in the series are put out as an anthology or whatever.