{"id":25502,"date":"2025-11-03T15:34:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25502"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:40:04","slug":"system-collapse-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25502","title":{"rendered":"System Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

System Collapse<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2023) Martha Wells<\/a> narrated by Kevin R. Free (The Murderbot Diaries #5) <\/p>\n

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

\u201cThank you for your help,\u201d Iris said, in a way that could be mistaken for politeness by a bot but a human would definitely know there was an undercurrent of fuck you. \u201cAre you going to bill us later?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ART currently arguing with Seth about his selection of a high-carb protein for his meal break and threatening to inform Martyn and Iris about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cEverything about this job is weird,\u201d Tarik told him from the cockpit. <\/p>\n

Especially Perihelion\u2019s high tolerance for certain members of its crew<\/em>, ART-drone said. It added, Iris, put your safety restraint on, no one wants to scrape you off the interior port<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Yes, ART-drone is still ART, even though it\u2019s talking about itself in the third person.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Perihelion\/ART, Ratthi, Overse, Pin-Lee, Dr. Mensah, Dr. Bharadwaj, Amena, Thiago, Iris, Tarik, Seth, Martyn, Karime, Matteo, Three, Sub-Supervisor Dellcourt, Bellagaia, Kaede, Danis, Variset, Corian, Turi, Trinh, AdaCol2, Lucia, Supervisor Leonide, Holism, Sum Total<\/p>\n

Cover art by Jaime Jones & design by Christine Foltzer<\/p>\n

Publisher: Recorded Books<\/p>\n

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

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