Altered Carbon

375 pages

English language

Published March 4, 2003 by Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-345-45768-4
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OCLC Number:
50322780

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Mankind is strung out across interstellar space, and human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies, but some things never change, so when Takeshi is downloaded into the body of a ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer he shouldn't be surprised.

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a landmark of cyberpunk genre

I really enjoyed this book. An hard-boiled, engaging story which aligns with the themes and the style of its genre, but succeeds at the same time in creating something really unique. Language is simple, straight to the point; explicit at times, but under no circumstances vulgar. A Dense, intricate plot, a crescendo of suspense.

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Very good. Dense, noirish sci-fi. Almost too dense, but not quite. Towards the end, I felt almost like I should have been keeping a list of who all the minor characters were, since loose ends kept being tied up that I had lost track of. That person the protagonist met for a page wasn't a throwaway? Nope, she was there for a reason, and it was...

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