{"id":21465,"date":"2023-01-19T20:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T01:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21465"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:40:25","slug":"network-effect-audio-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21465","title":{"rendered":"Network Effect, Audio Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Network Effect<\/em>, Audio Edition<\/a> (2020) Martha Wells<\/a> narrated by Kevin R. Free<\/p>\n

\"Network<\/a><\/p>\n

MURDERBOT!<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is that thing?\u201d Target Leader demanded. \u201cWhat are you? You\u2019re a bot?\u201d <\/p>\n

Thiago said, \u201cIt\u2019s a security unit. A bot\/ human construct.\u201d T<\/p>\n

arget Leader didn\u2019t seem to believe him. \u201cWhy does it look like a person?\u201d <\/p>\n

I said, \u201cI ask myself that sometimes.\u201d <\/p>\n

Over the comm loudspeaker, Dr. Ratthi said, \u201cIt is a person!\u201d <\/p>\n

In the background, I heard Overse whisper, \u201cRatthi, get off the comm!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a low voice, Ratthi commented to Overse, \u201cAnyone who thinks machine intelligences don\u2019t have emotions needs to be in this very uncomfortable room right now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(If I got angry at myself for being angry I would be angry constantly and I wouldn\u2019t have time to think about anything else.) <\/p>\n

(Wait, I think I am angry constantly. That might explain a lot.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Recorded Books<\/p>\n

Rating: 9.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Network Effect, Audio Edition (2020) Martha Wells narrated by Kevin R. Free MURDERBOT! \u201cWhat is that thing?\u201d Target Leader demanded. \u201cWhat are you? You\u2019re a bot?\u201d Thiago said, \u201cIt\u2019s a security unit. A bot\/ human construct.\u201d T arget Leader didn\u2019t seem to believe him. \u201cWhy does it look like a person?\u201d I said, \u201cI ask […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[192,37,41,25,936],"tags":[219,218,538,655],"class_list":["post-21465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-5-10","category-audio-book","category-reread","category-science-fiction","category-single-point-of-view","tag-martha-wells","tag-murderbot","tag-nb","tag-violence"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-5Ad","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25911,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25911","url_meta":{"origin":21465,"position":0},"title":"Network Effect","author":"Michelle","date":"March 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Network Effect (2020) Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #5) \u201cWhat is that thing?\u201d Target Leader demanded. \u201cWhat are you? 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