Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

the lower limit does not exist of how few new pages of Murderbot I will read and tell myself I’m satisfied

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells

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BINGO: definitely “Favorite” I loved all parts of this, and I’m smart enough to understand that I’m being emotionally manipulated on this Day, the Day of the Last Episode of Murderbot on TV. Whatever, manipulate away, it’s difficult being so much smarter than everyone anyhow (as ART/Peri must inevitably feel). Side note, every time someone said Peri I thought about Dr. Perry Cox from Scrubs, who honestly has as similar prickly vibe. SO here we have a small little ficlet, a teeny tiny wee bit […]

If I was wrong, I’d probably be dead, and that was bad enough. Being stupid and dead would just be that much worse.

Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #6) by Martha Wells

Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells

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Fugitive Telemetry Gurathin sighed and rubbed his face and looked off into the distance, like he regretted all his life choices that had led to him standing here right now. ― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry I read these books one after the other. Even after reading them both, I’m not sure which is the correct order since I read Network Effect first, followed by Fugitive Telemetry. I think perhaps I should have read Fugitive Telemetry first, but reading it after Network Effect didn’t spoil anything. […]

“Don’t look at me like that’s my fault. I’m just telling you shit I know.”

Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot Diaries #6) by Martha Wells

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Last fall I started a full Murderbot Diaries re-read in the lead up to our Cannonball Read book club about all things Murderbot. I got five stories read, but then November and December happened, and I did not get to finish in 2024. But that’s okay, I have the remaining books in my custody for January and I can get to the last new-to-me Murderbot (System Collapse) in just a couple of weeks!  My main takeaway this time through Fugitive Telemetry is that I missed […]

Murderbot is not OK but the reason why is [redacted]

System Collapse by Martha Wells

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CBR16 Bingo: Rage (The Murderbot Diaries are all the rage all over the bookish internet, in addition, there’s a lot of rage-inducing behaviour from the evil corporation in the book) Spoiler warning! This is book 7 in the series, and absolutely not the place to start reading. This book will not make as much sense if it’s your first encounter with Murderbot. You should have read at least All Systems Red, Artificial Condition and the previous novel, Network Effect to have the requisite backstory for […]

Murderbot deals with a lot of (redacted) and more thwarting evil big business

System Collapse by Martha Wells

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Bingo 23: Tech Sci-fi general is a safe option for this box, and I just so happen to have had Murderbot Diaries #6 on my TBR shelf. System Collapse is definitely tech-relevant, but only if you’re pretty current with previous episodes of the series. There’s two big mysteries in this volume: can Murdebot and its humans save some divided groups of planetary colonists from an evil corporation that wants to trick them into slavery, and 2) what’s up with Murdebot and {redacted}? The {redacted} thing […]

For a being as sophisticated as you are, it is baffling how little understanding you have of the composition of your own mind

Network Effect by Martha Wells

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CBR16 BINGO: Tech, because Murderbot is a construct of robotic and human parts (Obviously) As my Bingo board can confirm, I’ve been zipping through the Murderbot Diaries this summer and having a good time getting to know SecUnit and its “friends.” Book #5, Network Effect, is the longest entry in the series so far, the first “full-length” novel in a series previously comprising novellas. In Network Effect, Dr. Mensah, SecUnit’s favorite human, sends it on a research mission with a couple of new characters–Mensah’s teenage […]



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