Altered Carbon: Netflix Altered Carbon book 1
Richard Morgan
Mar 2013 · Gollancz · Narrated by Todd Mclaren
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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 shouldn¿t 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.
Read by Todd Mclaren
(p) 2005 Tantor, Inc
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 shouldn¿t 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.
Read by Todd Mclaren
(p) 2005 Tantor, Inc
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4.2
21 reviews
Jace Jones
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September 20, 2022
Thrilling and gripping from start to finish, with plenty of twists to keep you on your toes. Never a dull moment, but plenty of suspenseful slower segments to build the world that engrossed you in the realms of a dystopian future in which death isn't really death, until it really is.
Truck Mitchell
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February 17, 2018
Do they not have a book so I can read long if I so wish as for the audiobook I've heard better.
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July 26, 2018
Great mix of SciFi and hard-boiled crime. Narrator really suits.
About the author
Richard Morgan was, until his writing career took off, a tutor at Strathclyde University in the English Language Teaching division. He has travelled widely and lived in Spain and Istanbul. He is a fluent Spanish speaker. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke, John W. Campbell and Philip K. Dick Awards his books are published around the world. He lives in Norwich with his family.
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