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Platform Decay Proves Murderbot Deserves to Be a Sci Fi Icon | Jim's Review
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Murderbot is back… and somehow still the most relatable socially awkward being in science fiction. 🤖📺💥
Today on Fantasy for the Ages, Jim is diving into Platform Decay by Martha Wells — book 8 in The Murderbot Diaries series. We’ll talk about Murderbot’s continued emotional growth (whether it likes it or not), the relentless pacing, fascinating worldbuilding, corporate chaos, and why the interactions with Dr. Mensah’s family may be some of the best material in the series yet.
This isn’t a spoiler-filled deep dive — just a spoiler-lite review discussing what works, who this book is for, and why this series continues to be one of the most consistently excellent modern sci-fi franchises out there.
Also… we need to talk about the possibility that the NEXT Murderbot book could be the LAST. 😭
Have you read Platform Decay yet? Where does it rank for you among the Murderbot books?
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0:00 - Opening
1:20 - Book Details
2:15 - Why Jim Read This
3:27 - Spoiler-Lite Summary
4:38 - Eight Reasons You May Enjoy This Book
9:48 - Three Reasons Someone May NOT Enjoy This Book
11:12 - Jim’s Final Thoughts
13:03 - Closing & Wrap-Up
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