Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
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lightreadsFugitive Telemetry
4/5. Murderbot novella taking place before Network Effect, and therefore lacking one of my favorite relationships in the series. But still a pleasure. Murderbot solves crime! Very grumpily. This novella is retreading familiar ground for the series – corporates are evil slavers, constructs and bots have inner lives and communal relationships completely disregarded by humans – but somehow it's all still fresh. And also it's a nice touch that Murderbot is capable of solving the mystery because it is able to easily credit a bot with agency and intelligence that most humans aren't, most notably those humans who did not want Murderbot's help on the case.
4/5. Murderbot novella taking place before Network Effect, and therefore lacking one of my favorite relationships in the series. But still a pleasure. Murderbot solves crime! Very grumpily. This novella is retreading familiar ground for the series – corporates are evil slavers, constructs and bots have inner lives and communal relationships completely disregarded by humans – but somehow it's all still fresh. And also it's a nice touch that Murderbot is capable of solving the mystery because it is able to easily credit a bot with agency and intelligence that most humans aren't, most notably those humans who did not want Murderbot's help on the case.