@both of you, I have officially read book 1 of Murderbot, it was a delight! And I think it does fit in for all of the above reasons, although I'm still fiddling with whether I can parse it into this frame. It may not fit! and I should read the rest of them first.
I really really liked the "interact with humans" aspect! Very positive Dr. Mensah emotions about the pinging to avoid eye contact—I feel like I read a lot about notions of accessibility, half as much about actual accessibility, and like.....nothing about the visceral experience of inaccessibility? It felt like the framing of POV character being like "I just have these needs jfc" was well done and good for me.
Re: Here to double-down on Murderbot.
I really really liked the "interact with humans" aspect! Very positive Dr. Mensah emotions about the pinging to avoid eye contact—I feel like I read a lot about notions of accessibility, half as much about actual accessibility, and like.....nothing about the visceral experience of inaccessibility? It felt like the framing of POV character being like "I just have these needs jfc" was well done and good for me.