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false <![CDATA[Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169434986m/40445.jpg 40445 23 In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person’s consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or “sleeve”) making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen. Ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. Dispatched one hundred eighty light-years from home, re-sleeved into a body in Bay City (formerly San Francisco, now with a rusted, dilapidated Golden Gate Bridge), Kovacs is thrown into the dark heart of a shady, far-reaching conspiracy that is vicious even by the standards of a society that treats “existence” as something that can be bought and sold. For Kovacs, the shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning. . . . From the Trade Paperback edition. 2095852 book 2 2002 Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) total:2137|5:857|4:803|3:388|2:63|1:26| 2137 8813 2874 291 4 15 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 12:43:06 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 16:08:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false true Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 22:57:07 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 21:19:21 -0700 2008 I first read this book back in 2004. I really loved it, and read the next book in the series, Broken Angels right away. I have re-read Altered Carbon for a RL book group and will go on and re-read Broken Angels too. My plan is to get up to speed on the story again so I can read the final bo...more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Mar 29 02:29:31 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 02:30:13 -0700 2008
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I could go all feminist on this novel, too. Basic...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 27 07:16:28 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 07:45:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 07:59:16 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 06:54:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 10 16:10:07 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 16:23:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 20:31:38 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 20:36:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 27 14:15:06 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 14:21:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 21 21:21:35 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 21:23:08 -0800 2008 LJ user cafiorello, and Cathy, I must now thank you profusely for that recommendation. This was a kickass novel.

Very gritty, almost brutal, with crosses and double-crosses all throughout its complex plot, Altered Carbon is a very violent s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 08 12:36:49 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 12:40:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 11:13:02 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 11:20:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:26:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 08:14:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 02 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 26 18:22:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 18:23:56 -0700 2009
Altered Carbon is a fast-paced sci-fi thriller with an up-to-date technology perspective and classic sensibilities.

Richard Morgan explores the ramifications of a technology called D.H.F. - Digital Human Format. (The novel's title describes the digi...more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 10:56:43 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 11:14:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 26 07:27:57 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 07:34:04 -0700 2009 Revelation Space was one of this series that it caught my eye. But none of the others I've read from the series has lived up to Reynold's masterpiece.
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