Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)

526 pages

English language

Published Nov. 21, 2006

ISBN:
978-0-345-45769-1
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It's the twenty-fifth century, and advances in technology have redefined life itself. A person's consciousness can now be stored in the brain and downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve"), making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen. Onetime U.N. Envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. Resleeved into a body in Bay City (formerly San Francisco), 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.

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a landmark of cyberpunk genre

I really enjoyed this book. An hard-boiled, engaging story which aligns with the themes and the style of its genre, but succeeds at the same time in creating something really unique. Language is simple, straight to the point; explicit at times, but under no circumstances vulgar. A Dense, intricate plot, a crescendo of suspense.

Review of 'Altered Carbon' on 'Goodreads'

A competent, gritty neo-noir novel with lots of action and a decent pace. Much lighter on the cyber-punk than I expected. If you don't like brooding detective novels and/or can't stomach the splashes of womanizing so common in the genre, steer clear.

Review of 'Carbone modifié' on 'Goodreads'

Dans ce roman long, dense, rempli d'action et plutôt chaud, on s'attache aux pas de Takeshi Kovacs, un ancien agent diplo, devenu par la force des choses voleur, brigand, et ... curieusement, enquêteur. Pourquoi lui ?
Eh bien, en fait, pour le comprendre, il faut d'abord comprendre un peu l'univers dans lequel ce roman se situe.
Dans cet univers, donc, l'information peut voyager plus vite que la lumière, mais pas la matière. Du coup, une curieuse technologie d'extraction de l'esprit est utilisée pour transporter les "gens" d'un monde à un autre, et injecter leur esprit dans un corps de réserve. Lequel corps de réserve peut provenir soit d'une cuve de clonage, soit d'une personne suffisamment dans la merde pour louer son corps à d'autres ... comme par exemple les détenus, dont le corps est loué au profit de l'état. Et, curieusement, il est assez ... difficile de se réveiller dans …

Review of 'CARBONO ALTERADO' on 'Goodreads'

Não leio, há uns anos valentes, um livro de ficção científica. Não porque não goste mas apenas porque não procurei e não se proporcionou. Por isso, a minha crítica será apresentada da minha perspectiva, de leiga de FC. Muitos elementos me terão escapado, analogias ou comparações mas espero poder passar a minha perspectiva do que foi a leitura deste livro.
A primeira impressão que tive, e que me agarrou à leitura, foi que o mundo de "Carbono Alterado" era em muitos pontos semelhante ao Blade Runner. Takeshi Kovacs não é polícia mas é contratado para investigar a morte de um "matusa" milionário. Não há ciborgs mas há um hotel com inteligência artificial e mangas sintéticas, substitutos baratos de mangas, onde qualquer um poderá ser imangado. Mas, acima de tudo, tem todo aquele ambiente e envolvência de um filme noir dos anos 40. Por várias vezes, quando Kovacs puxava do cigarro, …

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