A poem from Murderbot!

[cairistiona7]

From my Tor Publishing email this morning:

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[just_ann_now]

*screeches* EEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[cairistiona7]

Isn't that adorable??? *squishes Murderbot's murdery little cheeks*

[epiphyta]

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

[cairistiona7]

That really is the only response. *g*

[mikononyte]

*blinks*
*blinks*

Say what?????

Is this a sci-fi book coming out and by whom?

[cairistiona7]

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells... there are 4 novellas and one short story that form it, and a full-length novel, Network Effect, is coming out in May and they are all excellent reading. Murderbot, which is what he calls himself, is a cyborg security bot who hacked into his governor chip/programming that kept him from becoming autonomous and able to do what he wants--which is mostly hiding in a closet watching his favorite TV serial, Sanctuary Moon, but he still has all these pesky "must protect soft and too-easily-squished humans" compulsions. It's basically a "becoming a full human" story told from his hilarious POV. (And if one of the reasons I love it is because Murderbot gives me strong "Bucky Barnes recovering" vibes, so be it. *g*)

https://www.goodreads.com/series/191900-the-murderbot-diaries

[imbecamiel]

Hjfkdalfhjk.

PERFECTION. That is awesome. :D

[cairistiona7]

Because of course the next step in his evolution into a Real Human would be to write poetry! *g*

When May 5 rolls around and Network Effect magically appears on my Kindle... I am hiding myself in a cave with a box of donuts and a lot of coffee to read it and will not emerge until I've finished. *g*

[shirebound]

*grins* That's terrific.

[cairistiona7]

It's just so... Murderbot. *g*

Have you read any of the books?

[shirebound]

Not yet!