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All Systems Red: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Murderbot Diaries series · see all 6 in reading order

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the All Systems Red audiobook runs 3.3 hours (about 2.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.3listening hrs
4.3★45 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 3.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish All Systems Red at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day7 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.

What our data says

  • At 3.3 hours, it's shorter than 98% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 70% shorter than the average science fiction audiobook (10.9 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners who want a murder to untangle: a weekend-size listen at 3.3 hours.

About the book

All Systems Red is the first tense science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld and Ex Machina. All Systems Red by Martha Wells begins The Murderbot Diaries, a new science fiction action and adventure series that tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. It appeals to fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the All Systems Red audiobook?

All Systems Red runs 3.3 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.2 hours.

Is the All Systems Red audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

When was All Systems Red first published?

All Systems Red by Martha Wells was first published in 2017.