Live, Laugh, Murderbot
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The Murderbot Diaries is an ongoing series of science fiction novels and novellas written by Martha Wells starting in 2017. The books follow Murderbot (it/its), a piece of security technology (SecUnit) who hacked its own programming to free itself from corporate slavery.
Murderbot is part organic — created with cloned human tissue — and part non-organic. It can be easily mistaken for human when consciously blending in, but is also markedly different in both physicality and behaviour. Murderbot has fully synthetic lower legs and feet, a port in the back of its neck, and lacks any features that would suggest gender. Unless making an effort to emote, Murderbot’s face remains utterly still or twitches with emotion — part of the reason it usually wears its armor and visor.
Designed for tactics, combat prowess and adaptation, Murderbot is genuinely incredible to behold when it is on the job. Micro-drone surveillance, rapid threat assessment, instant communications and more mean that Murderbot often gets to play Sherlock Holmes before the shooting starts and it…
