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I cannot imagine 1) That the Corporation Rim would produce free entertainment 2) That Murderbot paid for any of its serials. The entertainment feed is HuMaxFlix Plus with 500 different micro subscription options, and Murderbot has been the universe's most prolific TV pirate this whole time.

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three went through it

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Murderbot wrote this.

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My dear champions picked another bookwyrm. Temeraire from Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon!

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rereading throne of jade for funzies and giggling kicking my legs and twirling my hair when laurence gets mad at people

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It never occurred to her to doubt her welcome. Such was the gift of a child raised with love.

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

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The love of monsters was uncomplicated.

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

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"Artificial entities have very little to ground them in daily life," she said. "They don't eat, hence they don't enjoy the simple pleasure of food. They're asexual, hence they don't enjoy the social act of dating, seduction, and sexual intercourse. They are not, generally speaking, abstract enough in their thinking process to take pleasure in recreational reading, art, or other forms of cerebral distraction enjoyed by biological entities." Inwardly, I smiled. The doc had a habit of making machines seem like people and people seem like machines.

The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez

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The Hornet started up without a sputter. Its three rotors roared to life. They didn't need to make that much noise, but you had to expect that from a hot rod. I retracted the landing gear, switched off the altitude regulator, and the Hornet crashed to the floor. Greenman winced. "God damn it, you stupid outmode. Do you know how much this car is worth?" "A few hundred less than it was three seconds ago," I replied.

The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez

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"Order them to stand down," I said. "You idiot," gasped Greenman. "Do you think you'll get away with this? Do you know who I am? I run this town!" "Well, I guess that means as long as I have you by the throat, I'm king of the world."

The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez

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Perhaps like was too solid a word. I had no desire to leave Empire and see the rest of the world. But there was something about this painting and its otherworldliness that kept my attention. Inexplicable, yes, but part of true consciousness was having inexplicable reactions from time to time.

The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez

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Jung's upper lip twitched, revealing a single, white fang. Only once had I seen him lose his temper, after someone at work had thought it funny to hide Jung’s copy of Pride and Prejudice. He'd taken it well enough at first, but the prankster hadn't ended the gag soon enough and found himself facing a frothing, chest-beating, primal beast. No one got hurt, but that might not have been true if I hadn't been there to hold Jung back. After that, no one got between an eight-hundred-pound gorilla and Jane Austen.

The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez

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Murderbot: This is my favorite human, Dr. Mensah. She can go wherever she wants and do whatever she wants

Also Murderbot: This is my best friend, Dr. Ratthi. He has to stay in the shuttle. Unless I'm breaking and entering, in which case he's specifically invited

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“YOU’RE PERI’S SEC UNIT.”

Murderbot:

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“If you ask six different monks the question of which godly domain robot consciousness belongs to, you’ll get seven different answers.” ― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

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New commission!

I had started this in good time, then impulsively peeled off my screen protector because it got too dirty, not realising that I’m now so used to drawing with one on that I was incapable of continuing without ordering another, so I just got finished in time to retain my coveted Etsy perfect shipping record. Stressful!

Which of these have you read?

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I love the bitchiness of murderbot's eXcUsE mE when it corrects itself to avoid offending humans' sensibilities around violence and death