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} }) </script> </div> </form> </fieldset> <article class="entryArticle content STeditorial"> <header class="entryHeader icon-author"> <h1 class="entryTitle">Wells, Martha </h1> </header><p class='tagLine'>Entry updated 18 November 2024. Tagged: Author.</p><div class="browsingBtns"> <span> <input class="button PNI previous" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/next.php?id=p&entry=wells_martha'" value="Prev" /> </span> <span> <input class="button PNI next" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/next.php?&entry=wells_martha'" value="Next" /> </span> <span> <input class="button PNI incoming" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/incoming.php?entry=wells_martha'" value="About This Entry" title="What links to the entry; contributor initials explained; how to cite; other information" /> </span> <span><input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Checklist" onclick="window.location.hash='chklst'" ></span> <span><input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Alpha" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=wells_martha&abc'" ></span> <span><input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Chron" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=wells_martha'" ></span> <span style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('/gallery.php?link=wells_martha');"> <img alt="Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com" style="margin: 0; position: relative; top:-2px;" src="/images/icon-gal.gif"></img></span> </div><p style='float:right; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:10px; position: relative; top: 3px;'> <a href='/gallery.php?id=WellsM-FugitiveTelemetry.jpg' target='_blank'> <img src='https://x.sf-encyclopedia.com/gal/thumbs/WellsM-FugitiveTelemetry.jpg' alt='pic'></a></p> <p>(1964- ) US author most of whose career has been dedicated to fantasy [a highly selected Checklist appears below], beginning with the <b>Ile-Rien</b> sequence whose first volume, <i>The Element of Fire</i> (<b>1993</b>; rev <b>2006</b>), applies some tropes from the Fantasy of Manners toolkit [see <i>The</i> <a href="/entry/encyclopedia_of_fantasy_the">Encyclopedia of Fantasy</a> under <b>links</b> below] to colour in a tale of <a href="/entry/magic">Magic</a>. The second series in the overall sequence, the <b>Fall of Ile-Rien</b> trilogy beginning with <i>The Wizard Hunters</i> (<b>2003</b>), brings inter-dimensional conflicts into play. Of sf interest are some <a href="/entry/tie">Ties</a>, two to the <a href="/entry/stargate_atlantis">Stargate: Atlantis</a> sequence (see <a href="/entry/atlantis">Atlantis</a>), and <i>Razor's Edge</i> (<b>2013</b>), tied to the <a href="/entry/star_wars_franchise">Star Wars</a> universe.</p> <p>Of more direct sf interest is the <b>Murderbot Diaries</b> series beginning with <i>All Systems Red</i> (<b>2017</b>), featuring a humanoid <a href="/entry/robots">Robot</a>-cum-<a href="/entry/cyborgs">Cyborg</a> special operative involved in interplanetary cases from its most regular base on Preservation Station (see <a href="/entry/space_stations">Space Stations</a>); the narrative, which is first-person, is light in tone, though harsh background realities – debt-<a href="/entry/slavery">Slavery</a> is accepted in this brave new world – threaten occasionally to immerse the reader. The self-named Murderbot is foul-mouthed, ornery, insecure and strangely likable; having hacked its "governor module" it is no longer subject to behavioural constraints and has a low opinion of humanity (with distinct exceptions) yet regularly risks its existence to save human lives. <i>All Systems Red</i> won a <a href="/entry/locus_award">Locus Award</a>, a <a href="/entry/nebula">Nebula</a> and a <a href="/entry/hugo">Hugo</a> as best novella. <i>Artificial Condition</i> (<b>2018</b>), second in the sequence, introduces Murderbot's one nonhuman friend – the <a href="/entry/ai">AI</a> <a href="/entry/spaceships">Spaceship</a> ART – and also won a <a href="/entry/hugo">Hugo</a> and <a href="/entry/locus_award">Locus Award</a> as best novella; the same year saw two more novellas, <i>Rogue Protocol</i> (<b>2018</b>) and <i>Exit Strategy</i> (<b>2018</b>). The full-length <i>Network Effect</i> (<b>2020</b>) adroitly enriches the sequence, and won a further Hugo, Locus Award and Nebula as best novel; also in 2021, the <b>Murderbot Diaries</b> received an additional Hugo for best series. The next instalment in publication order, the locked-<a href="/entry/space_habitats">Space Habitat</a> murder mystery <i>Fugitive Telemetry</i> (<b>2021</b>), was withdrawn by the author from the Nebula novella finalists but won a further Locus Award as best novella. Again novel-length, <i>System Collapse</i> (<b>2023</b>) is set on an indentured colony planet under the harsh efforts of the tentacular Barish-Estranza corporation to exploit it unto death, and is a direct sequel to <i>Network Effect</i> in which Murderbot and ART must also deal with trauma and redacted memory (see <a href="/entry/memory_edit">Memory Edit</a>) resulting from that book's events. This book won a Locus Award as best sf novel. [JC]</p> <p><b>see also:</b> <a href="/entry/worldcon">Worldcon</a>.</p> <h3 id="chklst">Martha Susan Wells</h3> <p><b>born</b> Fort Worth, Texas: 1 September 1964</p> <p><b>works</b> (highly selected)</p> <p><input type="button" value="Alphabetical" class="button PNI" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=wells_martha&abc'"> <input type="button" value="Chronological" class="button PNI" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=wells_martha'"></p> <p><b>series</b></p> <p><b>Ile-Rien</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Element+of+Fire&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Element of Fire</a></em> (New York: Tor, <b>1993</b>) [<b>Ile-Rien</b>: hb/Eric Peterson] <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Element+of+Fire&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Element of Fire</a></em> (No place given: Martha Wells, <b>2006</b>) [rev of the above: <b>Ile-Rien</b>: pb/]</li> </ul></li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Death+of+the+Necromancer&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Death of the Necromancer</a></em> (New York: Avon Eos, <b>1998</b>) [<b>Ile-Rien</b>: hb/Liz Kenyon] <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Book+of+Ile-Rien&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Book of Ile-Rien</a></em> (New York: Tor, <b>2024</b>) [omni of the above two: both texts revised: <b>Ile-Rien</b>: pb/Emmanuel Shiu]</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p><b>Ile-Rien: The Fall of Ile-Rien</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Wizard+Hunters&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Wizard Hunters</a></em> (New York: HarperCollins/Eos, <b>2003</b>) [<b>The Fall of Ile-Rien</b>: hb/Donato <a href="/entry/giancola_donato">Giancola</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Ships+of+Air&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Ships of Air</a></em> (New York: HarperCollins/Eos, <b>2004</b>) [<b>The Fall of Ile-Rien</b>: hb/Donato <a href="/entry/giancola_donato">Giancola</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Gate+of+Gods&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Gate of Gods</a></em> (New York: HarperCollins/Eos, <b>2005</b>) [<b>The Fall of Ile-Rien</b>: hb/Donato <a href="/entry/giancola_donato">Giancola</a>]</li> </ul> <p><b>Stargate Atlantis</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Stargate+Atlantis+Reliquary&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Stargate Atlantis: Reliquary</a></em> (London: Fandemonium Books, <b>2006</b>) [tie to <a href="/entry/stargate_atlantis">Stargate: Atlantis</a>: <b>Stargate Atlantis</b>: pb/Lindsay Allen]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Stargate+Atlantis+Entanglement&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Stargate Atlantis: Entanglement</a></em> (London: Fandemonium Books, <b>2006</b>) [tie to <a href="/entry/stargate_atlantis">Stargate: Atlantis</a>: <b>Stargate Atlantis</b>: pb/Lindsay Allen]</li> </ul> <p><b>Star Wars</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Razor+Edge&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Razor's Edge</a></em> (New York: LucasBooks, <b>2013</b>) [tie to the <a href="/entry/star_wars_franchise">Star Wars</a> universe: <b>Star Wars</b>: hb/Steve <a href="/entry/stone_steve">Stone</a>]</li> </ul> <p><b>Murderbot Diaries</b> </p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=All+Systems+Red&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">All Systems Red</a></em> (New York: Tor.com, <b>2017</b>) [<b>Murderbot Diaries</b>: pb/Jaime Jones]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Artificial+Condition&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Artificial Condition</a></em> (New York: Tor.com, <b>2018</b>) [<b>Murderbot Diaries</b>: pb/Jaime Jones]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Rogue+Protocol&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Rogue Protocol</a></em> (New York: Tor.com, <b>2018</b>) [<b>Murderbot Diaries</b>: pb/Jaime Jones]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Exit+Strategy&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Exit Strategy</a></em> (New York: Tor.com, <b>2018</b>) [<b>Murderbot Diaries</b>: pb/Jaime Jones]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Network+Effect&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Network Effect</a></em> (New York: Tor.com, <b>2020</b>) [<b>Murderbot Diaries</b>: hb/Jaime Jones]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Fugitive+Telemetry&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Fugitive Telemetry</a></em> (New York: Tordotcom, <b>2021</b>) [<b>Murderbot Diaries</b>: hb/Jaime Jones]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=System+Collapse&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">System Collapse</a></em> (New York: Tordotcom, <b>2023</b>) [<b>Murderbot Diaries</b>: hb/Jaime Jones]</li> </ul> <p><b>individual titles</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Wheel+of+the+Infinite&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Wheel of the Infinite</a></em> (New York: Harper Collins, <b>2000</b>) [hb/Donato <a href="/entry/giancola_donato">Giancola</a>] <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Wheel+of+the+Infinite&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Wheel of the Infinite</a></em> (New York: Tor, <b>2024</b>) [rev of the above: pb/]</li> </ul></li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Witch+King&field-author=Wells+Martha" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Witch King</a></em> (New York: Tor.com, <b>2023</b>) [hb/]</li> </ul> <p><b>links</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.marthawells.com/">Martha Wells</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2625">Internet Speculative Fiction Database</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://sf-encyclopedia.com/fe/"><em>The Encyclopedia of Fantasy</em></a>: <a target="_blank" href="https://sf-encyclopedia.com/fe/fantasy_of_manners">Fantasy of Manners</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://sf-encyclopedia.com/gallery.php?link=wells_martha">Picture Gallery</a></li> </ul> <p><b>previous versions of this entry</b></p> <ul><li><a href='https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wells_martha' target='_blank'>Internet Archive</a></li></ul><br /><br /></article></div> <div 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