“I know I get pissed off when humans don’t acknowledge my work, but why is too much acknowledgment also upsetting? Sentience sucks.” Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot…
Category: Sequel
The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo
“Detective you have to arrest her. You have to arrest her and put her to death. Not just the regular death penalty – that’s not good enough for her. I want her to hang by her heels, rip her to shreds, burn her till she’s black, and pull out her hair, strand by strand.” In…
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
“On the border between the north and the south, the nights cast long shadows, and sometimes, the only thing you can do to drive back the things that live in darkness is to tell stories.” Because Cleric Thien was once the patriarch of Coh clan of Northern Bell Pass–and now their granddaughters have arrived on…
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
“Because the people here think they’re helping us. They think they’re heroes and we’re monsters, and because they believe it all the way down to the base of them, they can do almost anything and feel like they’re doing the right thing.” Cora returns from the Moors, but not entirely herself. When she learns that…
Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean
“Just remember when you’re asking what Japan wants from you, make sure you ask what you want from yourself, too. Don’t bury who you are to become who others think you should be.” When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she’s overcome conniving…
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
“Such is the dichotomy of forests. Even the smallest remembers what it was to cover nations, and the shadows they contain will whisper the knowledge to anyone who listens.” Regan loves, and is loved, though her school-friend situation has become complicated, of late. When she suddenly finds herself thrust through a doorway that asks her…
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
“It had been such a stupid question, I had forgotten not to have an expression.” When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why…
A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown
“There are choices you make in life that cannot be undone and that cannot be buried. They can only be carried, and you either buckle beneath the weight of them or grow strong enough not to. And growing is always worth it if it helps you get to that next thing that makes life worth…
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
“The world doesn’t stop spinning because you’re sad, and that’s good; if it did, people would go around breaking hearts like they were sheets of maple sugar, just to keep the world exactly where it is. They’d make it out like it was a good thing, a few crying children in exchange for a peace…
Network Effect by Martha Wells
“Normal = neutral expression concealing existential despair and brain-crushing boredom.” Murderbot returns in its highly anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel. When Murderbot’s human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action. Drastic action it is, then. I love Murderbot….
The Great Book Wyrm 