RKAC00-14 Richard K Morgan - Altered Carbon.nfo
General Information
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Title: Altered Carbon
Author: Richard K Morgan
Read By: Todd McLaren
Copyright: 2002
Audiobook Copyright: 2005
Genre: Sci-Fi
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Series Name: Takeshi Kovacs
Position in Series: 01
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: CD
Number: 14
Source: Library
Condition: Good
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 14
Total Duration: 17:10:38
Total MP3 Size: 707.89
Parity Archive: No
Ripped By: 3j
Ripped With: EAC
Encoded With: LAME
Encoded At: CBR 96 kbit/s 44100 Hz Joint Stereo
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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Audible Editor Reviews
Why we think it's Essential: Hardwire William Gibson into Dashiell Hammett
and you get the unique universe that has earned Richard K. Morgan a
legion of Audible fans. Todd McLaren wisely taps into the noir undercurrent
for his narration - moving the action forward at a steady clip, letting
the characterizations do the work, and treating high concepts like "sleeving"
(downloading your personality into a new body) with a dead-pan legitimacy
that makes them feel all the more real. -- Ed Walloga
Publisher's Summary
In the 25th 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 180 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.
Altered Carbon is the first Takeshi Kovacs novel. Don't miss the sequels
Broken Angels and Woken Furies.
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