5/13/2023 0 Comments Fugitive telemetry martha wells![]() ![]() Now it just wants to be left alone to watch television, and maybe accidentally find some purpose in its existence. Yes, Murderbot's chosen name is apt: it did kill a bunch of people shortly after it hacked its own governor system and freed itself from its corporate owners. With All Systems Red, the first book in her blockbuster science fiction series, Martha Wells deftly upends that expectation. Robots have long been handy stand-in for our fears and anxieties about the future, and from the title alone, you'd be forgiven for thinking that. ![]() Without knowing anything about the name, it's an evocative one: it recalls classic robot villains like the T-1000 or Hal 9000, an artificial intelligence bent on exterminating any human it comes across. ![]() Martha Wells on her blockbuster series Murderbot: finding common ground with anxiety-driven killer robots, television, and second chances. Martha Wells on writing an anxious, relatable killbot ![]()
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