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Altered Carbon

64.3% complete
2002
2019
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Prologue
Part 1
chapters 1-8
Part 2
chapters 9-15
Part 3
chapters 16-26
Part 4
chapters 27-34
Part 5
chapters 35-42
Epilogue
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 Takeshi Kovacs*
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A series of cyberpunk novels written by Richard K Morgan with Takeshi Kovacs as the main character.  It takes place in a dystopian future when human minds can be stored in data stacks and "resleeved" into other bodies.

1) Altered Carbon
2) Broken Angels
3) Woken Furies
Copyright © 2002 by Richard K. Morgan
This book is for my father and mother: JOHN for his iron endurance and unflagging generosity of spirit in the face of adversity & MARGARET for the white hot rage that dwells in compassion and a refusal to turn away.
Two hours before dawn, I sat in the peeling kitchen and smoked one of Sarah's cigarettes , listening to the maelstrom and waiting.
May contain spoilers
Still trying to laugh, I went through.
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Added: 09-Oct-2019
Last Updated: 14-Nov-2019

Publications

 22-Apr-2005
Tantor Audio
Book on CD
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Date Issued:
22-Apr-2005
Format:
Book on CD
Cover Price:
$26.99
Length:
17 hrs 10 min (375 pages)
"Read":
Once
Reading(s):
1)   21 Apr 2019 - 24 Apr 2019
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1829
Publisher:
ISBN:
Unknown
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Todd McLaren  - Narration
From amazon.com:

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....

"Morgan's debut novel, the first in a series, combines noir mystery with ultra-high tech science to create a complex sf thriller. Featuring a hard-nosed antihero with his own sense of personal honor and ethics, this is highly recommended for sf collections." - Library Journal
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Book Cover
Notes and Comments:
Checked out from the library and listened to on OverDrive.

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