All Systems Red
Publisher: New York; Tom Doherty Associates; 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 152 Pages; PaperbackISBN:- 9780765397539
- Life on other planets
- Interplanetary voyages
- Artificial intelligence
- Androids
- Robots
- Human-computer interaction
- FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
- FICTION / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction
- Androids
- Artificial intelligence
- Human-computer interaction
- Interplanetary voyages
- Life on other planets
- Robots
- 813.6
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Lahore Sci Fi and Fantasy | 813.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | PKLC026270 |
A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red", a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid -- a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot." Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
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