{"id":22094,"date":"2023-06-24T19:41:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T23:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=22094"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:40:25","slug":"all-systems-red-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22094","title":{"rendered":"All Systems Red"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Systems Red<\/a><\/em> (2017) Martha Wells<\/a> (The Murderbot Diaries)<\/p>\n

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I was depressed this morning. I\u2019d tried watching some new serials last night and even they couldn\u2019t distract me; reality was too intrusive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gurathin turned to me. \u201cSo you don\u2019t have a governor module, but we could punish you by looking at you.\u201d <\/p>\n

I looked at him. \u201cProbably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(\u201c I do think of it as a person,\u201d Gurathin said. \u201cAn angry, heavily armed person who has no reason to trust us.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThen stop being mean to it,\u201d Ratthi told him. \u201cThat might help.\u201d)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Tordotcom<\/p>\n

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

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