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Artificial Condition
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Narrated by:
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Kevin R. Free
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By:
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Martha Wells
About this listen
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 BooksWhat listeners say about Artificial Condition
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- emmoff
- 04-06-2018
Fabulous sequel
I loved, loved, loved the first instalment, Rogue Protocol and the highly anticipated book two does not disappoint.
Human shy and weary but hooked on the escapism of soap operas, Murderbot reluctantly befriends ART, a research transport ship. Their interactions are quite hilarious and their bonding over episodes of Sanctuary Moon especially so. Murderbot, a once rogue killer does not remember or understand the circumstances that made it kill. ART wants to help, which means Murderbot gets a private security job sans face mask. A Sec Unit pretending to be human helping young, out of their depths, scientists in a diabolical situation. Murderbot is all heart and then - Bam Bam, what moves!
I could not recommend this series enough. Short but packed with goodness. Worth every cent. I bought the kindle deal - book and narration.
Great narration too btw.
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- ozgribbo
- 03-03-2024
Definitely not Asimov's robots
Listening to this series for the second time and realise how much I like it. I grew up in the 60's reading Asimov's I Robot and similar stuff. The robots in this series definitely don't follow the three Laws of Robotics and are much more interesting for this. My only gripe - I wish the books were longer. Good storyline and quirky (but believable) characters.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-05-2023
Easy to listen to
The narrator is well suited for the character and is an easy story to listen to.
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- Kezza
- 25-03-2024
Brave New Worlds
Characters are so interesting and the future environments believable A great blend of human and machine.
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- Feralyn
- 27-05-2025
stellar performance by the aptly named Mr Free
The cutest ever murder other continues his journey to becoming a real boy.
Slickly written with just the right salting of wry humour. The vocal performance is simply perfect.
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- Ian Boreham
- 06-02-2021
Great story, but too expensive.
Three-hour novellas should be cheaper than 22-hour novels. I'll gladly buy a compilation at that price, or cheaper individual ones, but I don't intend to buy any more of this series from Audible at this price.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-12-2021
Fun and intriguing
But way too short for one credit. I will get the rest of the series from a public library.
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- David Gamble
- 07-07-2021
amazing story but too short!
I am loving this story! but I was gutted after the first book ended just as I was starting to develop an understanding and connection with the characters. I loved this book even more with that development under wraps and look forward to the rest in the series. As others have stated I really do wish these books were longer or offered as a box set.
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- erica
- 17-06-2023
A very enjoyable second book.
I really liked the interaction of AI watching tv serials. Not quite as captivating as book 1 but still very entertaining.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-03-2023
Loved it
Really enjoying the ongoing story of murder bot. Great concepts, original story, can’t wait to read the rest.
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