All Systems Red

J'ai commencé par la série #Apple avant de découvrir le livre... On sent bien la différence. Le livre est court et se lit vite, et pose les bases d'un univers intéressant, posant plus de questions que de réponses. On verra les tomes suivants !

En revanche, la traduction... Avec des "iel" à toutes les sauces, je hais cette mode. Dans mon dictionnaire français, il existe "il", "elle", et pour les objets, il existe "ça". Ce style de traduction n'est spécifié nulle part. Si j'avais su, j'aurais pris la VO. J'ai les yeux qui saignent à chaque fois que je tombe dessus, avec une très forte envie de le corriger... Pourquoi ne pas faire une édition "vieux cons" et une édition "jeunes woke avec orthographe 90 en prime", afin que chacun ait ce qui lui convient ?

Bref: - le livre: 4/5 - la traduction, 2/5.

Note totale, 3/5.

This was a fun read, breezed through it in a couple of days. I haven't seen the tv show yet, but it sparked my interest, and generally I've found it better to read the novel before watching the show (that's been my experience with Pachinko and Silo). Also a general rule, there should be more stories centered on robots/androids/cyborgs, especially ones who feel like I do at parties and corporate meetings (maybe if I call myself "murderbot" they'll let me skip the daily scrum). I'm going to get the next book ASAP.

"I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites.[...]. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.

That was a nice little entertainment. SecBot is a nice (but not new) mixture of laziness, virtues and superhuman skills and reminds me of Kvothe in the kingskiller chronicles. Thanks @reading tofu for the recommendation!

Thought I'd give this series a go before the Apple TV show. It's pretty fast and doesn't hold your hand.

Didn't realise how short it was going to be - fun read with some great characterisation. Will probably reread and then continue the series.

Después de tres años lo he releído (a causa de que la serie de Apple TV+ basada en la novela va a salir en breves) y lo he entendido mucho mejor y me ha gustado muchísimo más. ¿Será cosa de que mi nivel de inglés ha subido o de que he entendido mejor de qué iba la vaina? Ni idea, pero el resultado es que esta novelita corta, entretenida y con une protagoniste más que especial se hace un huequecito.

Como siempre, la culpa de todo es del capitalismo. Incluso el del futuro.

This book (and series) is about its protagonist, who is a joy to listen to. It's also fun to hear about the stuff it gets up to with technology. There are action scenes at the appropriate places to be exciting. I wouldn't go expecting a thematic interrogation of some idea though — the plot moves quickly and breaks things.

Pretty short with only about 160 pages. The story is enough to make me want to keep reading more from the series!

i haven't read this in 4 or 5 years, and i forgot how much fun this book is. the semi-bittersweet ending is moderated by the fact that i know there's like 7 more volumes, and i am sorely tempted to speed through them ahead of book club schedule. (^_^)

it's hard to pull off a sardonic robot protagonist, and I think this did it

Murderbot has hacked himself out of main control.

The idea of an android, part bot with lingering organics, gives rise to ideas of a machine that sometimes feels human, a very introverted and relatable human; with its increasing independency situations develop more unexpectedly than what I anticipated, and that kept me reading the whole book almost in one sitting.

The secondary characters add enough depth to the story and help the development of Murderbot throughout it, queer characters are also a welcomed presence.

It was a very fun and fast read 😁

It’s rare to find a compelling sci-fi book that also has a hefty helping of humor and sarcasm baked into its tone. I will definitely be reading more of this series.