Bonus Book of the Month: ‘Network Effect’ by Martha Wells
Are you a fan of the Muderbot Diaries by Martha Wells?
Well, if you are and in case you didn’t know MBC is obsessed with the series, and the community has chosen Network Effect as the bonus book for February! This month feels extremely short and we have chosen two short books filled with magical world-building and wonderful characters.
Maude Garrett has had Martha Wells on the show to discuss the first two novellas, and it was a great discussion.
Martha Wells has been an SF/F writer since her first fantasy novel was published in 1993, and her work includes The Books of the Raksura series, the Ile-Rien series, The Murderbot Diaries series, and other fantasy novels, most recently Witch King (Tordotcom, 2023). She has also written media tie-in fiction for Star Wars, Stargate: Atlantis, and Magic: the Gathering, as well as short fiction, YA novels, and non-fiction. She has won Nebula Awards, Hugo Awards, Locus Awards, and a Dragon Award, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the BSFA Award ballot, the USA Today Bestseller List, the Sunday Times Bestseller List, and the New York Times Bestseller List. She is a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, and her books have been published in twenty-eight languages.
She is also a consulting producer on the Murderbot series for Apple TV+.
Network Effect
by Martha Wells
It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear.
It worries about the fragile human crew who've grown to trust it, but only where no one can see.
It tells itself that they're only a professional obligation, but when they're captured and an old friend from the past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.
Drastic action it is, then.
What Network Effect Offers
Memory Lapses
Alien Contamination
Protecting Colonists
Enslaved Humans and Contamination
Ambition and Ideas About Personhood
Aftermath of Changing Circumstances
Join Our Book Chat
Maude and our community will have a stream to discuss the full book on Thursday, February 29th! Join us on Twitch from 5-6 p.m. PT.
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