Sep 4
2026

Murderbot wins a Hugo Award!

Murderbot: Season One (by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (Apple TV+)) has won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for the “All Systems Red” episode!

May 18
2026

Platform Decay is an USA Today and Indie bestseller!

Platform Decay by Martha Wells, the eight book in the Murderbot Diaries, has debuted on the USA Today Bestseller list at #8, and at #6 on the National Indie Bestseller list!

May 15
2026

Platform Decay is a New York Times bestseller!

Platform Decay by Martha Wells, the eight book in the Murderbot Diaries, has debuted on the New York Times fiction bestsellers lists at #8 on the hardcover list and #9 on the print & ebook combined list!

Mar 23
2026

Publishers Weekly on Platform Decay

Platform Decay by Martha Wells

“The lethal but good-hearted security robot that narrates Wells’s Hugo and Nebula award–winning Murderbot Diaries series returns, alongside friends old and new, for its wildly entertaining eighth adventure (after System Collapse). On a high-stakes extraction mission, Murderbot guides fellow SecUnit, Three, to sneak onto a Corporation Rim station and trigger a distraction. Meanwhile, Murderbot, hidden inside a cargo module, slips through the station’s heightened security. To Murderbot’s dismay, successfully played for laughs, the station is built to look like an elaborate planetary landscape, with shops and offices built into man-made cliffs and caves. Despite this rocky terrain, Murderbot reaches the safe house holding Farai, one of Murderbot’s dear friend Dr. Mensah’s two marital partners; their daughter, Sofi; and Farai’s mother, Naja. There, Murderbot encounters another unexpected obstacle: Supervisor Leonide, a higher-up in the Corporation Rim, who convinces the reluctant robot to help her family, sending it on a long and dangerous quest to rescue five more humans. This spectacular journey, punctuated with satisfying combat scenes, takes on an epic flavor grounded by Murderbot’s sardonic voice and Well’s exploration of mental health and physical well-being. Equal parts action packed, humorous, and heartfelt, this proves the series shows no signs of slowing down.” — Publishers Weekly

Mar 18
2026

Murderbot S1 is a Ray Bradbury Nebula Award finalist!

Murderbot: Season One (by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (Apple TV+)) is a finalist for The Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation!

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