Altered Carbon, 9780575081246
Paperback
Mind uploaded, body borrowed, Kovacs hunts a killer across the stars.

Altered Carbon

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  • Paperback

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    31 October 2008

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Summary

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 i…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780575081246
ISBN-10:0575081244
Author:Richard Morgan
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:480
Release Date:31 October 2008
Weight:340g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 34mm
Series:Takeshi Kovacs
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Critics Review

An astonishing piece of work. Intriguing and inventive in equal proportions– Peter F. Hamilton

Outstanding. An astonishing first novel * THE TIMES *An astonishing piece of work. Intriguing and inventive in equal proportions – Peter F Hamilton

About The Author

Richard Morgan

Richard Morgan was, until his writing career took off, a tutor at Strathclyde University in the English Language Teaching division. He has travelled widely and lived in Spain and Istanbul. He is a fluent Spanish speaker. He lives, with his wife, in Glasgow.

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