Altered Carbon

Altered Carbon  by Richard K. Morgan  was the 58th official Sword and Laser Book Club selection.

Reading period:  Mar 1, 2014 - Mar 31, 2014

How/Why was this book chosen:

It won a Poll  of Sword &Laser's Goodreads Group members.

Sword & Laser Goodreads Group Discussion of Altered Carbon

Sword & Laser Podcasts and Videos:  Kick Off: S&L 165   Check In: S&L 167 Wrap Up: S&L 169

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
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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