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Altered Carbon A Takeshi Kovacs Novel Takeshi Kovacs Novels Richard K Morgan 9780345457691 Books

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Altered Carbon A Takeshi Kovacs Novel Takeshi Kovacs Novels Richard K Morgan 9780345457691 Books

Takeshi Kovacs has inherited somebody else's body. This former special UN Envoy--basically a solider without a conscience-- now does business as a private investigator and he's beem hired to find out who killed the super wealthy Laurens Bancroft. Oh and he's been hired by the resurrected Bancroft himself. Bancroft has himself digitally backed up every 48 hours. There's no more true death unless you're Catholic or have the cortical stack that they use to pull digital copies out of destroyed. The police are convinced that Bancroft committed suicide.

Kovacs is from Harlan's Planet and has been sleeved, i.e., temporarily placed in the body of someone who has been convicted of crimes and now the state owns their body and can loan it out any time. He has a limited time in the San Francisco Bay Area (now called Bay City)or he gets put back in the digital store house. When someone comes after Kovacs he's pretty sure that it's related to his investigation but things become complicated as he finds out more about the body he's occupying.

A fascinating combination of mystery/noir crime thriller and science fiction, Richard Morgan's first novel won the Philip K. Dick Award for Best novel in 2003. It deserves it. The themes of identity that were common to Dick's novels and the style seen here isn't unlike Dick's work in novels like Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep?--the basis for "Blade Runner"-- (although admittedly the writing style is more Raymond Chandler than Dick). Well written, literate with fascinating characters ALTERED CARBON perfectly combines different pulp styles and Kovacs comes across as a combination of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe with more sex and violence for our 21st century world.

Morgan's done a great job of imagining Earth in the future and the details of the novel are well thought out. Recently purchased by producer Joel Silver ("The Matrix") to be made into a movie, I'm not sure how good a translation to the screen this will make and can only hope that they'll do a credible translation to the screen.

Recommended.


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I made the mistake to watch the first series of Netflix's show based on this book before I read it. Also, I deliberately waited for a month or so after I finished the show because I didn't want that experience to interfere with the reading experience. I had done both things wrong. First of all, it's a great show, but that's not what I'm reviewing here. The book is so much better (as always). And because there were really big changes made when it was turned into the show, there is no reason not to enjoy both versions.

I thought that the world building is really exceptional here. The whole system and the workings of society are very well thought out. The writing and also the twists and turns in the story elevate this book among the great classics, at least for me. It instantly became one of my all-time-favorites.

So I'm planning to read the rest of the series for sure.

I recommend this to sci-fi fans and detective story enthusiasts alike. Also, I recommend this to everyone D
Wow, I was not expecting the book to be this good when I bought it. I typically have lower standards for books on Daily Deals due to the some of the offerings I see and the lower prices, but this book was amazing sci-fi/noir mystery. The writing was great and the whole story flowed very well to an exciting conclusion. This is a pretty long book in a very good way, I couldn't believe how much the author managed to fit in. The sci-fi concepts behind the book were also very interesting, had never read about concepts like this before. Definitely seems like a very realistic dystopian future in some ways and really makes you appreciate something as simple as human mortality.

Background I typically buy my books as part of the Daily Deals and plan them for airplane reading or times when I am away from home and cannot do more exciting or responsible tasks. This means that my standards are not too high and I am looking for books in the beach read category under the fantasy/sci-fi genres. I try to rate fairly on the star scale and personally consider anything 3 stars and up to be fine.
Not for the fainthearted. Seriously.

When someone asks me for a book recommendation, I do not recommend this book or series if the person is underage, or if the person likes fairies and fluffy dragons, or if the person has never read at least some of the Classic Science Fictions works.

When someone asks me for a book recommendation, and I think that person is smart enough and tough enough to read hardcore blindingly brilliant Science Fiction, I will recommend this book and series with the caveat "You will either get totally sucked in and miss days of your life, OR you will run screaming.

Your mileage may vary.
Richard K. Morgan’s mind truly is a dark place, and Altered Carbon is an impressive work of dystopian sci-fi. If you watched the mini-series, read the novel. I liked both, but there are major differences between the novel and mini-series that make each worth your time.
Takeshi Kovacs has inherited somebody else's body. This former special UN Envoy--basically a solider without a conscience-- now does business as a private investigator and he's beem hired to find out who killed the super wealthy Laurens Bancroft. Oh and he's been hired by the resurrected Bancroft himself. Bancroft has himself digitally backed up every 48 hours. There's no more true death unless you're Catholic or have the cortical stack that they use to pull digital copies out of destroyed. The police are convinced that Bancroft committed suicide.

Kovacs is from Harlan's Planet and has been sleeved, i.e., temporarily placed in the body of someone who has been convicted of crimes and now the state owns their body and can loan it out any time. He has a limited time in the San Francisco Bay Area (now called Bay City)or he gets put back in the digital store house. When someone comes after Kovacs he's pretty sure that it's related to his investigation but things become complicated as he finds out more about the body he's occupying.

A fascinating combination of mystery/noir crime thriller and science fiction, Richard Morgan's first novel won the Philip K. Dick Award for Best novel in 2003. It deserves it. The themes of identity that were common to Dick's novels and the style seen here isn't unlike Dick's work in novels like Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep?--the basis for "Blade Runner"-- (although admittedly the writing style is more Raymond Chandler than Dick). Well written, literate with fascinating characters ALTERED CARBON perfectly combines different pulp styles and Kovacs comes across as a combination of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe with more sex and violence for our 21st century world.

Morgan's done a great job of imagining Earth in the future and the details of the novel are well thought out. Recently purchased by producer Joel Silver ("The Matrix") to be made into a movie, I'm not sure how good a translation to the screen this will make and can only hope that they'll do a credible translation to the screen.

Recommended.