August, 2020: "Altered Carbon" by Richard K. Morgan
 | Author: Richard K. Morgan |
| Genre: Science fiction | |
| Published: 2003 | |
| Pages: 516 | |
| Reading started: August 27th, 2020 | |
| Current progress: Page 516 of 516 (100%) | |
| Reading ended: November 29th, 2020. This book was successfully finished in 94 days. | |
| Effective reading time: 12 hours, 31 minutes (1 minute, 27 seconds per page) | |
| Number of sessions: 23 | |
| Average session reading time: 30 minutes, 3 seconds | |
| Average session review score: 4.2 of 5 | |
| Final review score: 4 of 5 |
Description
Author’s website: 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 into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn’t be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.
