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Network Effect

by Martha Wells

Arthur C. Clarke Award · 2021 · ShortlistHugo Award (Best Novel) · 2021 · WinnerLocus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel · 2021 · WinnerLocus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel · 2020 · ShortlistNebula Award (Best Novel) · 2020 · WinnerDragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel · 2020 · Shortlist
Tor.com PublishingsffISBN 9781250229861

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Arthur C. Clarke Award2021Shortlist
Hugo Award (Best Novel)2021Winner
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2021Winner
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2020Shortlist
Nebula Award (Best Novel)2020Winner
Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2020Shortlist

About This Book

SecUnit—the socially anxious construct who calls itself Murderbot—and its favorite humans are abducted by a hostile ship. The first full-length novel in the Murderbot Diaries series. Winner of the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

About the Author

Martha Wells is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for the Murderbot Diaries, a series of novellas and novels featuring a self-described 'SecUnit'—a part-robot, part-organic construct who hacked its own governance module and now just wants to watch television serials. The series has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. She won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel twice (Network Effect in 2021 and System Collapse in 2024) and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (Witch King in 2024). Read more →

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