Details
Rent Altered Carbon
Author:
Narrator: Todd McLaren
Format: Unabridged-MP3, Paperback
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: Jan 2005
Genre: Fiction - Science Fiction - High Tech
Retail Price: $25.99
Discs: 2
Synopsis
In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or sleeve) making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen.
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Reviews
This deserves to be placed among the very best SciFi novels. In the cynical, gritty vein of William Gibson, Richard Morgan adds his own unique vision of a technologically advanced future where everything has changed except for the human capacity for cruelty and selfishness. This is an exciting, suspenseful story which, although dark, will hold your attention from start to finish. Also, after hearing Todd McLaren read a Morgan novel, you'll wonder why McLaren wasn't asked to read all of Morgan's stories.