Altered Carbon: Netflix Altered Carbon book 1

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Altered Carbon: Netflix Altered Carbon book 1
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Richard Morgan
SeriesTakeshi Kovacs
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:480
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 128
Category/GenreScience fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9780575081246
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Gollancz
Publication Date 4 September 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course. But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn't be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society. For a first-time SF writer to be so surely in command of narrative and technology, so brilliant at world-building, so able to write such readable and enjoyable SF adventure, is simply extraordinary.

Author Biography

Richard Morgan is 39 and was, until his writing career took off, a tutor at Strathclyde University in the English Language Teaching division. He has travelled widely and lived in Spain and Istanbul. He is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Reviews

Outstanding. An astonishing first novel * THE TIMES * An astonishing piece of work. Intriguing and inventive in equal proportions -- Peter F Hamilton