
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.
But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern.
On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid -- a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot." Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is watch Netflix.
This isn't a single novel but a series of works. We're both reading them in chronological order, and will keep you appraised of how far we've gotten as GeekNights goes on. So far there's quite a bit to recommend it.
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GeekNights Book Club: This Is How You Lose the Time War
August 3 2023
Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss This Is How You Lose the …
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
June 1 2023
Quite recently a person known on the Internet as Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood promoted this book, …
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GeekNights Book Club: The Satanic Verses
June 1 2023
Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. Steeped …
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The Satanic Verses
February 12 2023
For this choice, I wanted to present Scott with two books that are famous, important, …
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GeekNights Book Club: Alif the Unseen
February 9 2023
Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss G. Willow Wilson's Alif the Unseen …
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GeekNights Book Club: Binti
October 20 2022
Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we review and discuss Binti. Because it …
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Alif the Unseen
October 20 2022
When making this selection I checked my wish list and noticed two separate books were …
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Binti
July 21 2022
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to …
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GeekNights Book Club: Ninefox Gambit
July 7 2022
Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we review and discuss Yoon Ha Lee's Ninefox …
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