The Resource Altered carbon, Richard K. Morgan
Altered carbon, Richard K. Morgan
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The item Altered carbon, Richard K. Morgan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- In the 25th 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 - a person's consciousness can be easily downloaded into a new body, making death nearly obsolete. Ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly brutal. Resleeved into a new body in Bay City (formerly San Francisco), Kovacs is thrown into a shady, far-reaching conspiracy that is vicious even by the standards of a society that buys and sells human existence. As a warrior-for-hire, he is called to help a far-flung planet's government put down a bloody revolution. But when a rogue pilot and a sleazy corporate fat cat offer him a lucrative role in a treacherous treasure hunt, he's only too happy to go AWOL with a band of resurrected soldiers of fortune. All that stands between them and the ancient alien spacecraft they mean to salvage are a massacred city bathed in deadly radiation, unleashed nanotechnology with a million ways to kill, and whatever surprises the highly advanced Martian race may have in store
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 375 pages
- Isbn
- 9780345457684
- Label
- Altered carbon
- Title
- Altered carbon
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard K. Morgan
- Subject
-
- Soldiers of fortune
- Science fiction
- trueSoldiers
- Soldiers of fortune -- Fiction
- trueSpace colonies
- California -- San Francisco
- trueConsciousness transfer
- trueConspiracies
- Fiction
- Genetic engineering
- Genetic engineering -- Fiction
- trueImmortalism
- Immortalism
- Immortalism -- Fiction
- Interstellar travel
- Interstellar travel -- Fiction
- trueKovacs, Takeshi (Fictitious character)
- trueMercenaries
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- Nanotechnology
- Nanotechnology -- Fiction
- Private investigators
- Private investigators -- Fiction
- Rich people
- Rich people -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the 25th 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 - a person's consciousness can be easily downloaded into a new body, making death nearly obsolete. Ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly brutal. Resleeved into a new body in Bay City (formerly San Francisco), Kovacs is thrown into a shady, far-reaching conspiracy that is vicious even by the standards of a society that buys and sells human existence. As a warrior-for-hire, he is called to help a far-flung planet's government put down a bloody revolution. But when a rogue pilot and a sleazy corporate fat cat offer him a lucrative role in a treacherous treasure hunt, he's only too happy to go AWOL with a band of resurrected soldiers of fortune. All that stands between them and the ancient alien spacecraft they mean to salvage are a massacred city bathed in deadly radiation, unleashed nanotechnology with a million ways to kill, and whatever surprises the highly advanced Martian race may have in store
- Award
-
- Library Journal Best Books, 2003.
- New York Times Notable Science Fiction, 2003
- Philip K. Dick Award for Science Fiction, 2003.
- Awards note
- Philip K. Dick Award Winner, 2003
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 119514
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Morgan, Richard K.
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6113.O74
- LC item number
- A78 2003
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Takeshi Kovacs novels
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Private investigators
- Soldiers of fortune
- Rich people
- Murder
- Interstellar travel
- Nanotechnology
- Genetic engineering
- Immortalism
- Genetic engineering
- Immortalism
- Interstellar travel
- Murder
- Nanotechnology
- Private investigators
- Rich people
- Soldiers of fortune
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- California
- Label
- Altered carbon, Richard K. Morgan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 444829
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 375 pages
- Isbn
- 9780345457684
- Lccn
- 2002031165
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780345457684
- (OCoLC)50322780
- Label
- Altered carbon, Richard K. Morgan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 444829
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 375 pages
- Isbn
- 9780345457684
- Lccn
- 2002031165
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780345457684
- (OCoLC)50322780
Subject
- Soldiers of fortune
- Science fiction
- trueSoldiers
- Soldiers of fortune -- Fiction
- trueSpace colonies
- California -- San Francisco
- trueConsciousness transfer
- trueConspiracies
- Fiction
- Genetic engineering
- Genetic engineering -- Fiction
- trueImmortalism
- Immortalism
- Immortalism -- Fiction
- Interstellar travel
- Interstellar travel -- Fiction
- trueKovacs, Takeshi (Fictitious character)
- trueMercenaries
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- Nanotechnology
- Nanotechnology -- Fiction
- Private investigators
- Private investigators -- Fiction
- Rich people
- Rich people -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
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Member of
Included in
- truePhilip K. Dick Award
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Science Fiction: 2003
- trueLibrary Journal Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
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