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🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘All Systems Red’ by Martha Wells

August 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The cover of 'All Systems Red' by Martha Wells, with a grayish digital painting of a glass-faced humanoid robot with trees in the background

On Wednesday, August 28th at 7 p.m. we’ll meet at Iffy Books to discuss All Systems Red by Martha Wells. See you there!

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.

Details

Date:
August 28
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Venue

Iffy Books
404 S. 20th St.
Philadelphia, 19146 United States
Phone
2153953956
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Organizer

Iffy Books
Phone
2153953956
Email
iffybooks@iffybooks.net