Science fiction
All Systems Red
A security android has hacked its own control module and secretly spends its time watching serials while pretending to obey. When a survey mission it guards is attacked, it has to decide how much it cares.
- First published
- 2017
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a short, sardonic space story with a narrator who would rather be left alone.
Skip this if you want a complete, self-contained epic, since it is a novella and the larger story continues in sequels.
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