"Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, 3)" by Martha Wells

https://www.amazon.com/Rogue-Protocol-Murderbot-Martha-Wells/dp/1250191785/

Book number three of a seven book series of science fiction novellas. I
read the well printed and well bound hardcover published by Tor in 2018
that I bought new from Amazon. The first novella in the series won the
2018 Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus awards. The series won the 2021 Hugo
for the best series also. I have the next book in the series and have
ordered two more books in the series.

Murderbot is a SecUnit, a cloned genderless human upgraded with
replaceable trunk, arms, and legs using it's external autosurgeon
cabinet. All of the major arteries and veins have clamps to stop
bleeding in case of damage. There is a MedSystem computer with an AI, a HubUnit computer with an AI, and a governor module that can force the
SecUnit to follow orders using pain sensors in the brain. It has a
energy gun in each arm and several cameras, all directly wired to the
brain. The SecUnit can sustain severe damage to everything but the head
and still survive.

Murderbot is a self named SecUnit due to an unfortunate circumstance
with 57 miners on a remote moon. It has hacked its governor and no
longer allows the governor to give it orders or inflict pain. It
prefers to internally watch its 35,000 hours of downloaded media such as episodes of "Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon". Even though it has a
face, it does not like to interface with humans, yes, very introverted.
It will follow human orders if necessary as it is used to doing so even
though it is owned by Dr. Mensah now.

Murderbot is on the run from its new owner and has been called a rogue
SecUnit by the news feeds. It has been hitching rides with AI Bot Cargo
and Transport spaceships by sharing it's 35,000 hours of downloaded
media. It has researched its responsibility in the deaths of 57 miners
on a remote and decided that somebody else caused the deaths and then
blamed it. It is now researching GrayCris Corporation's behavior in
banned alien artifacts and the murders of several research scientists.

Warning: The violence is graphic and extreme. And this is a series of novellas, not regular length books so the price is quite high to acquire
all seven books.

The author has a website at:
https://www.marthawells.com/

My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (17,464 reviews)

Lynn

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Lynn McGuire wrote:

"Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, 3)" by Martha Wells

I recommend you update your cut-and-paste description.

Anyway, in this installment, following the investigation on RaviHyral, MurderBot is somewhat at loose ends. Catching up on the news, it finds
out that the company behind the troubles in the first book, GrayCris,
has apparently been involved in other sketchy events. One is a failed terraforming project at a distant system, so it decides to do a bit of
snooping around.

There, it makes contact with a survey team from a non-Corporate polity (familiar). Initially this is by secret contact with their robot, Miki.
I'm unsure how to pronounce that. Mikey? Mickey? Meekee (like Tiki or
Kiki)? Whatever. MurderBot pretends to be security consultant "Ren".

Not surprisingly, things soon go wrong. The terraforming station is a
lot less abandoned than originally and MurderBot has to to reveal
itself, pretending to be Ren's SecUnit. Once again, it has to protect
humans, especically as the real security consultants are less helpful
than one might have expected. And figure out what's going on and how it
relates to previous events.


Brian

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On 4/20/2023 7:10 PM, Default User wrote:

Lynn McGuire wrote:

"Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, 3)" by Martha Wells

I recommend you update your cut-and-paste description.

Anyway, in this installment, following the investigation on RaviHyral, MurderBot is somewhat at loose ends. Catching up on the news, it finds
out that the company behind the troubles in the first book, GrayCris,
has apparently been involved in other sketchy events. One is a failed terraforming project at a distant system, so it decides to do a bit of snooping around.

There, it makes contact with a survey team from a non-Corporate polity (familiar). Initially this is by secret contact with their robot, Miki.
I'm unsure how to pronounce that. Mikey? Mickey? Meekee (like Tiki or
Kiki)? Whatever. MurderBot pretends to be security consultant "Ren".

Not surprisingly, things soon go wrong. The terraforming station is a
lot less abandoned than originally and MurderBot has to to reveal
itself, pretending to be Ren's SecUnit. Once again, it has to protect
humans, especically as the real security consultants are less helpful
than one might have expected. And figure out what's going on and how it relates to previous events.

Brian

^Ren^Rin

BTW, as a general rule of thumb, I do not like giving out a complete
analysis of a book, I find that to be spoilery. I try to keep my facts
at the 40,000 foot level and few, very few. I do try to add facts of
previous books in the series though as I have no idea if the reader,
should there be one, has read the review of the previous book.

And I will stay with my copy and paste method, it works fine for me.

Lynn

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Lynn McGuire wrote:

BTW, as a general rule of thumb, I do not like giving out a complete
analysis of a book, I find that to be spoilery. I try to keep my
facts at the 40,000 foot level and few, very few. I do try to add
facts of previous books in the series though as I have no idea if the
reader, should there be one, has read the review of the previous book.

And I didn't do anything like that. I did set up a sense of what the
story is about. But you do you. I like this series a lot and I'm happy
you're finally reading it because I thought it was probably to your
tastes.

And I will stay with my copy and paste method, it works fine for me.

As I pointed out, there are a number of errors in that, so I would
suggest you update rather than posting the same incorrect version.


Brian

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"Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, 3)" by Martha Wells

https://www.amazon.com/Rogue-Protocol-Murderbot-Martha-Wells/dp/1250191785/

Book number three of a seven book series of science fiction novellas. I
reread the well printed and well bound hardcover published by Tor in
2018 that I bought new from Amazon this year. The first novella in the
series won the 2018 Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus awards. The series
won the 2021 Hugo for the best series also. I am rereading the next
three books in the series and have ordered the seventh book in the
series coming out November 14, 2023.

Murderbot is a SecUnit, similar to a T-800 Terminator with a cloned and severely modified human head. There is a human brain in there but it is controlled by the AIs embedded in its genderless torso. There are
lungs, there is a blood mixture with a synthetic, there is human skin
over the entire body, there is a face, there is hair on the head and
eyebrows. Everything else is machine. Somehow, the blood is enriched
with electricity as there is no stomach or intestines. But, there are
arteries and veins to keep the skin and brain alive. All of the major
arteries and veins have clamps to stop bleeding in case of damage. There
is a MedSystem computer with an AI, a HubUnit computer with an AI, and a governor module that can force the SecUnit to follow orders using pain
sensors in the brain. It has a energy gun in each arm and several
cameras, all directly wired to the brain. The SecUnit can sustain
severe damage to everything but the head and still survive.

Murderbot is a self named SecUnit due to an unfortunate circumstance
with 57 miners on a remote moon. It has hacked its governor and no
longer allows the governor to give it orders or inflict pain. It
prefers to internally watch its 35,000 hours of downloaded media such as episodes of "The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon" and "WorldHoppers".
Even though it has a face, it does not like to interface with humans,
yes, very introverted. It will follow human orders if it sees fit to do
so.

Murderbot is on the run from its new owner and has been called a rogue
SecUnit by the news feeds. It has been hitching rides with AI Bot Cargo
and Transport spaceships by sharing it's 35,000 hours of downloaded
media. It has researched its responsibility in the deaths of 57 miners
on a remote moon and decided that somebody else caused the deaths and
then blamed it. It is now researching GrayCris Corporation's behavior
in banned alien artifacts and the murders of several research scientists.

Murderbot is an incredibly interesting character. It handles horrible situations easily and personal interactions difficultly. Like I said, interesting. All Murderbot really wants to do in life is watch soap
operas like "Sanctuary Moon" and "Worldhoppers (aka Stargate)", just
like us.

Popular quotes from the book:
1. "Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many
moral dilemmas. (Yes, that was sarcasm.)"
2. "I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can’t
just stop."
3. "They were all annoying and deeply inadequate humans, but I didn’t
want to kill them. Okay, maybe a little."

Warning: There is violence and death in the books. Books one through
four are a series of novellas, not regular length books. Book five is a regular length novel, book six is back to the novella, and book seven is
a full length novel due out in November 2023. You can buy a collection
of the first four hardbacks at a nice discount.

https://www.amazon.com/Murderbot-Diaries-Artificial-Condition-Protocol/dp/1250784271/

The author has a website at:
https://www.marthawells.com/

There is a wiki for Murderbot including various episodes of "The Rise
and Fall of Sanctuary Moon":
https://murderbot.fandom.com/wiki/Murderbot_Wiki
and
https://murderbot.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Sanctuary_Moon

There is a much better review by James Nicoll at:
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/way-up-in-the-clouds

My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (19,714 reviews)

Lynn

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On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 5:23:04 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:

"Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, 3)" by Martha Wells

https://www.amazon.com/Rogue-Protocol-Murderbot-Martha-Wells/dp/1250191785/

Book number three of a seven book series of science fiction novellas. I reread the well printed and well bound hardcover published by Tor in
2018 that I bought new from Amazon this year. The first novella in the series won the 2018 Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus awards. The series
won the 2021 Hugo for the best series also. I am rereading the next
three books in the series and have ordered the seventh book in the
series coming out November 14, 2023.

Indeed! I picked the new one up last Friday (I don't know why it was
on the shelves at B&N already but there it was), and I'm going to
read it as soon as I re-read #6.

Tony

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