| Author: |
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Richard Morgan
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| Title: |
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Altered Carbon (Gollancz SF S.) |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
| Binding: |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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544 |
| Date: |
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2002-09-09 |
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057507390X |
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Gollancz |
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0.68 pounds |
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New Ed |
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1 Auz (United Kingdom) |
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1 Isa (USA: CA) |
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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. |
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