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Indlæser... Altered Carbon (original 2002; udgave 2002)af Richard Morgan (Forfatter)
Work InformationAltered Carbon af Richard K. Morgan (2002)
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Terrific cyberpunk noir which plays with the idea that people are just memories that can be digitized to electronic storage, then later restored to a physical body (not necessarily the one they started with). Dark, gritty and brutal, with lots of neat ideas, though at times the plot got so convoluted it was confusing. Enjoyed it overall. Slow moving and evenly paced, filled with detailed descriptions, constant cultural cross-references this books world creeps in your vision with every sip. There is some literature magic here, that clouds judgment and shifts paradigms with every step along the way. It takes a while, it does it leisurely, but give it time and here you think and look around with different eyes. No, not that something grand is reveled or world shattered, nothing of sorts, it's really just like switching a masks in the process of masquerade. You can't see yourself, but you know that every one of them is different, every one of them is shuffling, brining new and exciting feeling of own thoughts control... Is it true? Is it real? Is it here? Is it there? Nobody really knows but you, and you know it, just accept it. It's all happening right now, the whole book is about right now moment of existence. There is always some traces of past, there is always some dotted lines in the future, but the whole thing you see is just the neck of hourglass. And it all exists aside of sand. Cyberpunk noir. This is a good first book. The scifi elements are well used to set up the story and the world. It avoids one common scifi pitfall where things are over-explained, drawing attention to conceptual flaws which weaken the world; here things are explained so you can just get an idea of what's going on, not all the ins and outs. This gives the world he creates a pleasingly plausible impenetrability, a believability. On the other hand, it means that things can be a touch inconsistent, and that stuff is ripe for deus ex machina (there's one major "plot points coming together" moment especially guilty of this). The main character is pretty good (although a little bit in the damaged-military-vet mold), though others can come across as cyphers or stereotypes (borrowed from noir). A tendency to overwrite couldn't quite be surpressed, and some of the dialogue doesn't work. The plot itslef is very engaging, and very convoluted. As such, it reminded me most of James Ellroy's novels - amusing as Ellroy is resolutely charting the past and this is so defined by its futurism. A very impressive, involving and thought-provokinng (if you like this kind of future-gazing, as I do) novel, which, as one of my friends said "is far better than any first novel has a right to be". I agree with him - although there are weaknesses that could be done better, even in a first novel, the things he gets right are carried off with a definite aplomb. The fact I've written this much about it is a compliment. What a wonderful sci-fi debut! I was extremely impressed with Morgan's lean, evocative prose. I adored Kovacs -- his voice and his plight grabbed me from the first page and wouldn't let go. The story had everything I crave in a top notch read: excellent pacing, wonderful world building, three-dimensional characters and a plot that kept me riveted into the wee hours of the night. I'm thrilled to have discovered Richard Morgan. I ordered his entire backlist as soon as I turned the last page of ALTERED CARBON. (A )
In this rousing first novel, Morgan reimagines Chandler's "Big Sleep" as 25th-century noir, with a Philip Marlowe-esque protagonist trying to avoid "real death" in a world where serial resurrection is a privilege of the rich and ruthless. Belongs to SeriesTakeshi Kovacs (1) Tilhører ForlagsserienNarrativa [Nord] (189) TEAdue [TEA ed.] (1405) Indeholdt iHar tilpasningenHæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
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Science Fiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW AN EXCITING NEW SERIES FROM NETFLIX The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this tour de force of genre-bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction.The New York Times Book Review 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 persons 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. Praise for Altered Carbon Compelling . . . immensely entertaining . . . [Richard] Morgans writing is vivid and his plotting inventive.The Philadelphia Inquirer A fascinating trip . . . Pure high-octane science fiction mixes with the classic noir private-eye tale.Orlando Sentinel Gritty and vivid . . . looks as if we have another interstellar hero on our hands.USA Today. No library descriptions found. |
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it gives an interesting perspective in which immortality may not be the best thing for majority - those that cannot live it in the body of their choosing or in case when one knows what to expect in the life without any indication of social status change.
Highly recommended. ( )