re: Altered Carbon - NetFlix Original scifi series Spoilers start on page 3

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They alter the fabric of the world, like cars, air travel, the internet, and cell phones have.

Altered Carbon never shies from examining exactly how an invention like the cortical stack would change our reality, and this future society appears far different from our own. Yet in many ways, it's really exactly the same--which is more or less the prime directive of great science fiction.

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Sounds like they've nailed the tone of the books based on this blurb. I am very excite.

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pretty pissed they're cramming the marxist bullshite in there. it's like they can't make a scifi these days without class bullshite

takeshi is not a freedom fighter either. "i fought a war to stop people like you." no bruh

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You need to read the other two books my man (particularly the third), cause you are off quite a bit on this. It's not super pronounced in Altered Carbon, but Kovacs quotes a person named Quellcrist Falconer a few times in that book. And Quell was a freedom fighter from his home world. And Quellism as described in the books is part socialism, part anarchist, part screw you authority.

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I thought Quell was a woman?

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Yeah, Quell was a woman. And yeah, the full picture on Quell comes during the next two books. SHe's more anarchy and anti-authority to take down politicos on all sides combined with wanting to replace it with a socialistic democracy type deal. Her philosophy was of the everybody in charge sucks, let's take down both sides and replace them with something better.

And Kovacs becomes involved in a bit of that sort of action in the two following books, though he very much remains damaged, cold blooded Kovacs for most of it.

I bought the book because of the trailer. Looking to finish before it comes out in a couple of weeks.

Not into SF that much, but Damn, this book is good. Very difficult to put down. Will definitely be on my watch list!

gonna watch it on my lunch break. hope its good. would suck if it's a let down like eletric dreams.

My early opinion, it's ok. I'll finish watching but was not blown away.

Should I continue with my second run of Game of Thrones or give this a shot? (Love GOT)

I tried to like this series but the acting is horrible and the story is just so boring.

I also like the Catholic angle