All Systems Red vs Artificial Condition: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Androids, Human-computer interaction, Interplanetary voyages, Life on other planets, Robots, Artificial Intelligence
All Systems Red
The series is about an artificial construct designed as a Security Unit, which manages to override its governor unit, thus enabling it to develop independence. It calls itself Murderbot, and likes to watch unrealistic…
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Artificial Condition
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself Murderbot. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- All Systems Red has the widest readership — 406430 ratings behind its score.
- Artificial Condition runs the darker storyline; All Systems Red stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| All Systems Red | Artificial Condition | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (406430) | 4.2 (234204) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (4028) | 4.2 (2607) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (2685) | 4.5 (1568) |
Reception
| All Systems Red | Artificial Condition | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 406430 | 234204 |
| Editions | 9 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 307992 | 50459 |
| Reading it now | 22154 | 10083 |
| Written reviews | 46711 | 21396 |
| Wikipedia attention | 8285 | 55375 |
| Pages | 163 | 158 |