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Ep 633 - Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries #5), by Martha Wells

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Our month of sequels continues with the first full-length novel in Martha Wells' Murderbot series. The book's extra length leaves it room to dig into themes that the novellas had only nodded at, and also has a whole bunch of extra murderbots in it.

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0:00.0

This is a headgum podcast.

0:04.0

While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,

0:11.0

they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.

0:16.3

Plus these are books you should have read by now. Oh, uh, uh,

0:24.0

uh, uh, Hey everybody welcome to Overdue. It's a podcast about the books you've been

0:45.9

meaning to read. My name is Craig. My name's Andrew. It's time to go back again. Hop in our time machines with us and go back to the

0:56.8

distant days of November 2023. Yeah! When I read a little novella called All Systems Read by Martha Wells, the first book, the first

1:08.3

novel in the blockbuster in some circles.

1:12.3

Yeah, yeah, for real.

1:13.4

Brought Diaries series.

1:15.4

And now, okay, all right, we went in the time machine, we saw that.

1:19.5

Now come forward, back to the present day with us in the time machine back to the future I've I have read

1:24.4

network effect which is the first full-length novel in the murder bot series

1:30.9

and we're going to talk about that.

1:32.8

Also by Martha Wells.

1:34.2

Yeah, also by Martha Wells this month all about sequels.

1:36.7

Second month.

1:39.2

Sequals, it's not always the second book.

1:41.2

It's like we're doing like the fifth book.

1:43.2

I didn't even think second month second and second book, but we didn't do that which is fine.

1:48.2

No, but that's a good. That's good though.

1:50.7

I actually think this book and next month we're going to do squeakles and I don't even

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