Altered Carbon (Hardcover)

~ Richard K. Morgan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 375 pages
• Publisher: SFBC; Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739432141
• ISBN-13: 978-0739432143
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,167,458 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars crime noir meets science fiction, May 11, 2009

By	book beetle (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

A fun fast paced read. Hard-boiled hero in a future where a person's consciousness can be stored in a advanced data chip called a "stack" and "sleeved" into different bodies. Morgan writes a good noir detective story and deftly handles the implications on society of his stack technology. Rated R for sex and violence. His hero is a ex-super special forces soldier who is downloaded into a body to solve a crime for a very rich client. His rich client is hundreds of years old because he has the money to keep a steady supple of new bodies for his use. When one wears out, he moves on to the next one. In this world you live as long as you can afford to live.

4.0 out of 5 stars Twenty years ago this book would have been too "far out" for sci-fi, December 6, 2008

By	L. Kirchner "alt history buff" (Jerseyville, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I happened onto Richard Morgan's books by chance. Good chance, I might add! Although the story would (if it were being rated)get an R for extreme violence, the ability to store consciousness and "re sleeve" that consciousness (in the event of death) in a body grown for special abilities suited for martial aptitude lets the author explore numerous,well written-if bizarre, story lines. For anyone who enjoys a unique experience (much like THE MATRIX did for film), don't miss reading this book.