When you make an AI too smart, you also give it anxiety and depression and an appetite for serialized television. These are the things that motivate Murderbot, the protagonist of the many Murderbot Diaries stories that Martha Wells has released in the short time between 2017 and now. 

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Ep 621 - All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1), by Martha Wells

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Did you know that before Gillian Flynn brought us the book Gone Girl, the movie Gone Girl, and the concept of "Gone Girl-ing" someone, she wrote a murder mystery about a different kind of unhealthy family dynamic!

Ep 645 - Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn

This episode is about Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, the complete edition containing both The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return.

Ep 644 - Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

Holes! We all need 'em, we all love 'em. This is a book where a boy is sentenced to dig a bunch of holes out in the desert because he was accused and convicted of a crime he didn't commit.

Ep 643 - Holes, by Louis Sachar

Lo's award-winning novel seeks to shine a light on marginalized experiences from mid-century San Francisco. What's most impressive is how she's synthesized all of her research into a couple of fresh, compelling characters - allowing the story to honor the historical record without feeling overly bound by it.

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Ep 642 - Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo

This week's book is about the topic of war and also the topic of peace.

Ep 621 - All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1), by Martha Wells

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