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Altered Carbon is a 2002 British cyberpunk novel by the English writer Richard K. Morgan.Set in a future in which interstellar travel and relative immortality is facilitated by transferring consciousnesses between bodies ("sleeves"), it follows the attempt of Takeshi Kovacs, a former U.N. elite soldier turned private investigator, to investigate a rich man's death.
Richard Kingsley Morgan, (born 24 September 1965 in Norwich) is a British science fiction and fantasy author of books, short stories, and graphic novels.He is the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for his 2003 book Altered Carbon, [1] which was adapted into a Netflix series released in 2018. [2]
Altered Carbon is an American cyberpunk television series created by Laeta Kalogridis and based on the 2002 novel of the same title by English author Richard K. Morgan. [1] In a world where consciousness can be transferred to different bodies, Takeshi Kovacs, a former soldier turned investigator, is released from prison in order to solve a murder.
In the Netflix series Altered Carbon, Kovacs is portrayed by Joel Kinnaman (in the body of Elias Ryker) in the show's first season, [10] Will Yun Lee (original body), [11] Byron Mann (Takeshi's prior body), [12] and Morgan Gao (Young Tak). [13] Anthony Mackie portrays the character in a different host body for the show's second season. [14]
Woken Furies (2005) is a science fiction novel by British writer Richard Morgan.It is the third novel featuring the anti-hero Takeshi Kovacs and is the sequel to Broken Angels.
Someone wrote that altered carbon is the material out of which cortical stacks are made. I have read this book several times and have absolutely no recall of this "fact", so I removed it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rawling (talk • contribs) 18:19, 14 January 2007 (UTC).
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Publishers Weekly wrote that the novel succeeded despite a formulaic structure, calling it a "superior, satisfying cyberpunk noir adventure". [2] Kirkus Reviews wrote that the novel was a good expansion of the worldbuilding which began in the first novel, praising it as "a thrilling cyberpunk actioner" while stating that it occasionally overdid its world-weary tone.
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