Join us for our newest book club!

Our first book will be All Systems Red by Martha Wells.  Don’t miss Martha Wells at the Virtual Q&A Author Talk, Thursday, July 13 @ 7-8 PM.

Books are available to pickup and check out at the Circulation Desk at the library, or online via OverDrive and Hoopla (check availability).

 

Book Summary:

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.

171 pages.  This is the first book in a series and can be read as a standalone novel.