Altered Carbon

MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES FEB 2018 This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author. 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.

Fire hundrede år ude i fremtiden har menneskeracen kolonialiseret en hel interstellar region i rummet, og det er blevet gjort muligt at digitalisere menneskelig bevidsthed. Det er blevet en helt gængs sag at downloade bevidstheder og installere dem i tomme kroppe, når deres originale kroppe dør. "Altered Carbon" følger Takeshi Kovacs, en fængslet tidligere Envoy, hvis bevidsthed og detektivevner bliver hentet ned og placeret i en ny krop, så han kan opklare et mysterie for en milliardær. Men intet er som det virker ved først øjekast og inden længe bliver Kovacs viklet dybt ind i en skræmmede, storstilet konspiration. Richard Morgans imponerende debutroman "Altered Carbon" er en moderne science fiction-klassiker, der i en krydsning af noir, thriller og cyberpunk fortæller en drønspændende og fængslende historie. "Altered Carbon" er første bog i Richard Morgans serie om Takeshi Kovacs.

Fire hundrede år ude i fremtiden har menneskeracen kolonialiseret en hel interstellar region i rummet, og det er blevet gjort muligt at digitalisere menneskelig bevidsthed. Det er blevet en helt gængs sag at downloade bevidstheder og installere dem i tomme kroppe, når deres originale kroppe dør. "Altered Carbon" følger Takeshi Kovacs, en fængslet tidligere Envoy, hvis bevidsthed og detektivevner bliver hentet ned og placeret i en ny krop, så han kan opklare et mysterie for en milliardær. Men intet er som det virker ved først øjekast og inden længe bliver Kovacs viklet dybt ind i en skræmmede, storstilet konspiration. Richard Morgans imponerende debutroman "Altered Carbon" er en moderne science fiction-klassiker, der i en krydsning af noir, thriller og cyberpunk fortæller en drønspændende og fængslende historie. "Altered Carbon" er første bog i Richard Morgans serie om Takeshi Kovacs.

MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES FEB 2018 This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author. 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.