But readers have always been interested in robot and AI characters, from the very beginnings of science fiction. Murderbot is set in the far, far future and is not based on any real AI. : How do today's advancements in AI and robotics help forge interest in the 'Murderbot' books? But I'm very engaged with the character and the world. The novel was even more difficult and took about 18 months to write with a lot of false starts. I tend to do a lot of rewriting, throwing out 5,000-10,000 words per novella and starting over again. And navigating the emotions of Murderbot's perspective can be intense. They can be very difficult to write Murderbot's point of view, through various online systems and drones, makes the logistics of action scenes very complicated. Wells: I really enjoy writing the character, and for the past few years, working on the novellas and the novels have been a big comfort to me. : What keeps you inspired and engaged as a writer with this cyborg series? And I've always loved murder mysteries, so that seemed a fun way to do it. So I wanted to go back in the timeline a little and show how Murderbot's relationship with those characters developed, the rocky start when Murderbot was still getting acclimated to the station, and how the people on the station got acclimated to Murderbot. In the clip, Murderbot has a good working relationship with the Station Security people. Mensah, with the help of Preservation Station Security. Wells: There's a scene in 'Network Effect' where Murderbot shows Thiago a video clip of an incident when it stopped an assassination attempt on Dr.

: Can you take us on a speed run of 'Fugitive Telemetry' and how it fits within the 'Murderbot Diaries' saga?