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Where Artificial Condition sits
- Series
- Book 2 of The Murderbot Diaries. See all The Murderbot Diaries books in order
- The book before
- All Systems Red
- The book after
- Rogue Protocol
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against us.macmillan.com
Checked facts about Artificial Condition
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- Publication
- First published on May 8, 2018. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)
- This edition
- The edition checked here is a 158-page hardcover from Tom Doherty Associates. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
9781250186928 ... hardcover ... 158 pages ... Tom Doherty Associates
- Prizes
- It received the Locus Award for Best Novella in 2019. (Wikidata, citing locusmag.com; read November 6, 2026)
- Prizes
- It received the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 2019. (Wikidata, citing thehugoawards.org; read November 6, 2026)
What Artificial Condition is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- Murderbot has a dark past in which humans were killed, which is why it gave itself that name. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed
- It remembers little of that massacre and wants to know more, so it heads with a research transport ship called ART back to the mine where it first went rogue. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
vague memories of the massacre ... it wants to know more
Topics in this book
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Genres
Topics
- Androids
- Artificial intelligence
- Human-computer interaction
- Interplanetary voyages
- Life on other planets
- Robots
Book type
- Fiction
- Novels
Reading ages
- Adult
Other books in The Murderbot Diaries
8 books listed so far
- Book 1: All Systems Red
- Book 3: Rogue Protocol
- Book 4: Exit Strategy
- Book 5: Network Effect
- Book 6: Fugitive Telemetry
- Book 7: System Collapse
- Book 8: Platform Decay
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