The Murderbot Diaries #1
By Martha Wells
Pure science fiction! Loved it. Maybe not the greatest of science fiction—there were some inconsistencies and the “world view” was not completely fleshed out. Which is okay with me—I have a good imagination and plenty of experience with movies that show space travel. It starts with people (and the Sec Unit aka Murderbot) traveling on a ship to a distant outpost where the people were prospecting for some unknown materials, possibly for future mining. So you had to fill in all the details what the ship’s interior looked like, how the planet and landing area looked and then just guess at what they were looking for out there. Maybe the author told this and I missed it, but clearly, those kind of details are not what she’s interested in.
But the action is cool and the thoughts in the Sec Unit’s head as he gradually learns to cope with humans in such close proximity are very interesting. That’s the meat and bones of the whole story, and I loved it. Plus the mass destruction, of course.
Disclaimer: I listened to the audiobook, which often improves this sort of book for me.
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