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How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life
Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.
At conventions and book signings around the world, Wells draws legions of fans, but here in Texas only about 30 people are nestled in the warm, wood-paneled library, which today is crammed with Murderbot art and paraphernalia. Around that time, Wells picked up a job doing computer support for Texas A&M’s ocean drilling program, building user interfaces for databases (and acquainting herself with the various human-machine follies that would one day give Murderbot a lot to complain about). Harris liked it from the first sentence: “I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites.” A deadpan, conflicted killing machine that just wants to watch TV?
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