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.
| Votes | % | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 25.8 | Altered Carbon | Richard K. Morgan |
| 92 | 18.4 | The Long Earth | Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter |
| 71 | 14.2 | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep | Philip K. Dick |
| 56 | 11.2 | The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury |
| 48 | 9.6 | Consider Phlebas | Iain M. Banks |
| 36 | 7.2 | The Martian | Andy Weir |
| 22 | 4.4 | House of Suns | Alistair Reynolds |
| 14 | 2.8 | Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler |
| 12 | 2.4 | Roadside Picnic | Arkady and Boris Strugatsky |
| 5 | 1 | Tuf Voyaging | George R. R. Martin |
| 4 | 0.8 | The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds |
| 3 | 0.6 | Armored | John Joseph Adams |
| 3 | 0.6 | Armor | John Steakley |
| 3 | 0.6 | The Dragon Never Sleeps | Glen Cook |
| 1 | 0.2 | Into the Storm | Taylor Anderson |
| 499 |
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.
Other books in the Takeshi Kovac Series
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