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All Systems Red (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 1
- Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz, Bradley Foster Smith, Holly Adams, Michael John Casey, Zeke Alton, Rayner Gabriel, Natalie Van Sistine, David Cui Cui, Khaya Fraites, Aure Nash, Megan Dorminy
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
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.
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
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.
Performed by David Cui Cui, Khaya Fraites, Zeke Alton, Alejandro Ruiz, Aure Nash, Bradley Foster Smith, Holly Adams, Megan Dorminy, Natalie Van Sistine, Michael John Casey, Rayner Gabriel, Shanta Parasuraman, Tanja Milojevic and Wyn Delano.
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- Kaitie
- 23-01-24
Not bad, but worse than the unabridged version
It's okay. I can't really say much more than that. I like the characters having their own voices, even if the casting choices are strange. Some of the delivery is a little bit odd, and I would generally suggest the Kevin R Free unabridged recording instead.
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- J. Harriman
- 29-03-24
Martha Wells fantastic
I have just come across Martha Wells Graphic Audio and it was great. I was totally absorbed in the characters and plot. My head needed a gear shift and this did a good job. A☆
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- F Needham
- 20-09-23
Not Recommended
All Systems Red and its sequels are great. I love the unabridged audiobooks read by Kevin R Free. I've liked full cast dramatizations of other books, although not tried any by the makers of this one. Until now. My verdict? I'd recommend sticking with the unabridged Murderbot Diaries audiobooks. I certainly won't be listening to this version again.
Mensah sounds too young for someone Murderbot reckons must be older to be in her leadership position.
Ratthi sounds sort of Irish? That's not a bad thing as such, it's just a bit odd considering no one else from Preservation Alliance sounds like that. Maybe Preservation has an Ireland?
I found it hard to tell who was saying what sometimes, and if Murderbot wasn't wearing its helmet it was sometimes hard to tell when it was speaking aloud rather than narrating the story. When Mensah was talking to Murderbot over the feed, it's all read in Murderbot's voice, despite the fact that it's mentioned in the first sequel, Artificial Condition, that a human's mental voice sounds like their physical voice.
I noticed at least one mistaken word that wasn't in the unabridged version, like 'parents' instead of 'partners.'
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