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    <body><![CDATA[Morgan's writing style matches his protagonists very well; his prose is a blend of subtlety and raw unchecked power that utterly ignores social niceties to great and startling effect, much like the antiheros about which he writes. Although Market Forces is not quite as good as Altered Carbon and its...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70923064">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just completed the unabridged audio book &quot;Market Forces&quot;. No, it is not a book about today's business. No it is not (exactly) a Sci-Fi book. Well what is it?<br/><br/>Hard to describe. Set into the future around 2050 the book follows the future investment advisors of &quot;Conflict Int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58649946">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure if this counts as a spoiler or not, but I'm so fascinated by the concept behind this book- what makes it all possible. At first it seems ludicrous, then it's so simple it's scary. And, as a capitalist, I'm uncomfortable with the implications of the whole book, but I see where the corpor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55841849">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I &quot;read&quot; this book as an audiobook, and enjoyed it for what it was: a quick, entertaining read.  It was my first Morgan novel, and it has sparked interest in his other work.  <br/>It is about a future world ruled by massive corporations; the concept of racing cars to the death does not re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75523600">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think Richard Morgan is a very good writer but this book just filled me with hate and, as a rule, I'm not a huge fan of hate.  I didn't care for or identify with any character in this book (which is about near future, car racing, asshole super capitalists that want to shag and kill everything).  I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42098827">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a hard-hitting, brutally portrayed satire about global affairs and funding of wars. <br/><br/>The main character, Cris Faulkner, is a corporate deal maker, but in this world, in order to climb the corporate ladder, you are required to kill the person you wish you replace. This is generally...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40912401">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great Morgan book.  I really enjoyed this novel and if you are like me you will probably envision the main character as Jason Statham.  There is a lot of Death Race/Transporter type action within the book and is a novel look at the future corporate world.  An interesting setting in a near fu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56907914">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had some trouble with this one. Morgan invents an interesting future, but in this case the idea of corporate hot-shots doubling as financiers/economists and race car drivers a la mad max was a bit much.  Would have liked it better without the car angle.  Morgan sees the results of NAFTA &amp; other fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46667954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Imagine a world where corporate interests outstrip government. Where executives are celebrities. Where the division between the poor and the rich, the haves and have-nots, is enforced by law, and walls, and an economic standard soaked in blood. A world where executives compete with one another - for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60879556">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[To start, I like sci-fi. I like the crappy, action focused ridiculous premise plots and characters (Harry Harrison-type). I also like the searching, questioning novels reaching for human truths in a speculative framework (Le Guin).<br/><br/>This book was both and neither successfully. The premise ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33500561">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Richard Morgan has created a dark, gritty portrayal of future society in Market Forces. No part of this corporate society seems implausible, which makes the writing all the more chilling to read. The author did a good job a creating a protagonist who was repelling, but also who I could also connect ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67395284">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really got absorbed into this novel.  I was not at all what I thought it would be...  investment executives meets mad max of sorts.<br/><br/>I felt like this book was written specifically for me as the audience.  I don't want to spoil it however by talking about it.<br/><br/>Like Altered Carbon, t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42115758">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best description for this book is Mad Max meets Wall Street. It's a story about giant corporations and the horrible things they do, and the horrible things the guys at said corporations do to one another. They have car-duels to the death to win promotions and accounts, and generally make money o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77081340">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Morgan seems to reach a little far into the scope of his universe in this prequel of his Takeshi Kovacs character's universe. Market Forces takes us back to the middle of this century, in a world where anything goes to get where you want. Ruthless corporate strategists toast to the small wars that l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26622846">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I came to this book after having read Altered Carbon. I grew disappointed with the story early on. I can't see that kind of thing happening in the future. I couldn't justify any character's behavior. The argument to explain why it is not always necessary to kill feels  so out of place in the context...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44124166">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book! No kidding. The concept was weird + cool, which to me = great book, right? Look, I know it wasn’t Morgan’s standard Sci-Fi novel (not that his are normal Sci-Fi) but it was new, interesting, and fun.<br/><br/>Chris Falkner is an investment banker. But not really. See, he inv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39676897">more...</a>]]></body>
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