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Network Effect<\/em><\/a> (2020) Martha Wells<\/a> (The Murderbot Diaries #5)<\/p>\n

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

Thiago: \u201cYou trust it that much?\u201d <\/p>\n

Mensah: \u201cWith my life, literally. I know what it will do to protect her, and you, and the rest of the team. Of course, it has its faults. In fact, it\u2019s probably listening to us right now. Are you listening, SecUnit?\u201d <\/p>\n

Me, on the feed: What? No<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Impulse control; I should try to write a code patch for that.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I told it, Don\u2019t hurt my humans. …<\/p>\n

… Arada added, \u201cWho are you?\u201d <\/p>\n

ART said, You are aboard the Perihelion, registered teaching and research vessel of the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland<\/em>. Then it added, I\u2019m not going to hurt your humans, you little idiot<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Arada lifted her brows, startled, and Thiago looked boggled. <\/p>\n

I said, You\u2019re using the public feed, everyone can hear you<\/em>. <\/p>\n

So are you<\/em>, ART said. And you\u2019re leaking on my deck<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Dr. Arada, Overse, Dr. Thiago, Dr. Mensah, Dr. Ratthi, Dr. Bharadwaj, Amena, Pin-Lee, Farai, Tano, Copilot Mihail, Specialist Rajpreet, Pilot Roa, Adjat, Remy, Hanifa, Kanti, Perihelion\/ART, Eletra, Ras, Officer Tifany, Senior Officer Indah, Supervisor Leonide, Martyn, Karime, Turi, Seth, Kaede, Tarik, Matteo, Iris, SecUnit 3<\/p>\n

Publisher: Tor<\/p>\n

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

Network Effect (2020) Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #5) Thiago: \u201cYou trust it that much?\u201d Mensah: \u201cWith my life, literally. I know what it will do to protect her, and you, and the rest of the team. Of course, it has its faults. In fact, it\u2019s probably listening to us right now. 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