Artificial Condition

Artificial Condition (2018) Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #2)

I didn’t care what humans were doing to each other as long as I didn’t have to a) stop it or b) clean up after it.

Constructs sometimes fall under the same category as bots, sometimes under the same category as deadly weapons. (FYI, that is not a good category to be in.)

Calm down, ART said, not helpfully.

I closed the story by reflex, like that would make it not exist. After three seconds of shock, I made myself open it again.

Characters: Murderbot, ART, Murderbot, ART, Rami, Tapan, Maro, Tlacey, sexbot

Cover illustration by Jaime Jones

Publisher: Tordotcom

Rating: 10/10

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