#114 in Science fiction
System Collapse
- 189
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #4
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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About the book
A New York Times bestseller. A Washington Post bestseller. A USA Today bestseller. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize. But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters. ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza’s SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they’re going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what’s wrong with itself, and fast! Yeah, this plan is... not going to work. The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Reading order · The Murderbot Diaries
Full order & progress →- The Future of Work: CompulsoryThe Future of Work: Compulsory–Not ranked yet
- All Systems RedStart here
8.38.3 / 10 - Artificial Condition
8.48.4 / 10 - Rogue Protocol
8.38.3 / 10 - Exit Strategy
8.58.5 / 10 - Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory
7.97.9 / 10 - Network Effect
8.98.9 / 10 - Fugitive Telemetry
8.38.3 / 10 - System CollapseThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy
7.97.9 / 10 - Platform Decay
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 1,012 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 8.2 — the Science fiction average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 12 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 1K | 99% |
Frequently asked
How long is System Collapse?
It has 189 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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