Altered Carbon
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Begagnade:
Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course. But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldnt be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society. For a first-time SF writer to be so surely in command of narrative and technology, so brilliant at world-building, so able to write such readable and enjoyable SF adventure, is simply extraordinary.
Bok recensioner av Altered Carbon :
2010-10-12 22:08
“Altered Carbon” is my first Sci-Fi novel.
In order to vary my Mystery PI/Detective readings I’ve tried to read horror and fantasy. Horror didn’t go well. I tried King, Maberry, Preston/Child and I’m now reading Dean Koontz’s “Watchers”. I’ve to say that after seven books I’ve come to realize that the horror genre isn’t for me.
Fantasy, introduced through Jim Butcher’s “Storm Front” worked a lot better though; and the reason is very simple, Jim Butcher uses the PI-genre as platform. So in order to follow a similar path with the Sci-Fi genre I gave it a go to “Altered Carbon”, which according to the author should be labeled as Future Noir.
The first 100 pages kept me reading at a slow pace because Sci-Fi is a whole new concept for me, besides “Altered Carbon” is not only influenced by classic Sci-Fi but also by Cyberpunk — a subgenre that’s a bit difficult to follow.
Despite my slow start I thought the book was interesting, but little by little “Altered Carbon” started to seem less like a mystery and more like a Hollywood action movie. Toward the end I’d lost all interesting in the book.
I think Richard K. Morgan wrote this book thinking about “Universal Soldier” rather “Blade Runner” or “The Matrix”. You may think that “The Matrix” has a lot of action and that is true, but it is also groundbreaking Cyberpunk as never “seen” before. Besides, the action in “The Matrix” blew away everything that had been done before.
For first rate Cyberpunk try “Neuromancer”.
Cheers
Cristian
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