ALTERED CARBON - The Takeshi Kovacs series

[The Bluestocking]

Since Netflix is filming ALTERED CARBON by Richard K. Morgan now (with Joel Kinnamon as Takeshi Kovacs), I've started reading it and am finding it pretty engaging.

Anyone else liking this series and Cyberpunk in general?

 

[Danny McG]

I read it when it first came out and really enjoyed it. The coolest hotel in sci fi!
I enjoyed the first sequel but thought the next ones got a bit too formulastic and meh

 

[Rodders]

I read the books and enjoyed them thoroughly, so I'll get this on Blu Ray when it comes out.

 

[Gonk the Insane]

I liked the series, but I think Altered Carbon was also probably the best of the books. Although perhaps that's just because it was very different to anything I'd read before.

I don't read much cyberpunk, but I do like William Gibson and - most of all - Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which absolutely blew me away.

 

[Vince W]

I read these as they came out and enjoyed them immensely. It'll be really interesting to see how Netflix handles this book. If they do well perhaps they might tackle Neuromancer.

 

[Dave]

I've only read the first - Altered Carbon. I liked it but I guess I didn't like it enough to read any more. I think it described scenes in a very cinematic way and so will make very good TV and translate between media easily. If I remember correctly, apart from the science fiction around swapping bodies, it was really just an old-fashioned private detective story, though I'm not saying that is a bad thing.

 

[williamjm]

I read it shortly after it first came out. I thought it was an excellent mix of cyberpunk and noir mystery and Kovacs is a very memorable character. The two sequels were also good, although I didn't like them quite as much as the first book, they did try to explore different settings and bring in different sub-genres but I think the setting of the first book was maybe the best.

 

[vanye]

I read them all as they came out and for me the first one is the best of the batch, as well. As a very good read and a good laugh at corporate culture by the same author I recommend Market Forces. Also tried his fantasy (The Steel Remains) but somehow could not bring myself to like it.

 

[Werthead]

Netflix are bringing Richard Morgan's classic cyberpunk noir novel Altered Carbon (and possibly the sequels) to TV. The first season of the show, which adapts the first novel in the series, will air in Spring 2018. Netflix have started releasing teasers and images for it and it looks amazing.

Three GIFs showing some of the set design can be seen here.

A fake in-universe advert and four short teaser clips can be seen here.

This looks...impressive.

 

[Werthead]

FULL TRAILER.

MANY NEW PICTURES.

YES.

 

[Vince W]

I'm really looking forward to this one.

 

[Cli-Fi]

Netflix has an even better trailer on their facebook page. Couldn't find it on Youtube yet.

 

[Cli-Fi]

Full Trailer. OMG!!!!! This is how you do a sci-fi show:

Seriously. I mean what did I just watch? It's like a combination of all my favorite things sans time travel.

 

[Dave]

It looks good. Looks faithful to the book and 2nd Feb. I didn't expect it so soon.

Is it worth reading the sequel books? I haven't, and in other threads people here were lukewarm about them so I never bothered.

 

[Connavar]

Full Trailer. OMG!!!!! This is how you do a sci-fi show:

Seriously. I mean what did I just watch? It's like a combination of all my favorite things sans time travel.

As someone who has read all the Takeshi Kovacs books, is purist fan of TK, his noir violent self, cool far future biotechnical story the trailer impressed me. It would be awesome feeling like when they are great faithful adaptation of Daredevil who was my alltime fav superhero.

Looks very faithful, Netflix is at great spending real money on budget, talented actors.

 

[Connavar]

It looks good. Looks faithful to the book and 2nd Feb. I didn't expect it so soon.

Is it worth reading the sequel books? I haven't, and in other threads people here were lukewarm about them so I never bothered.

The reviews the sequels are not lukewarm overall, its just the second novel Broken Angels is vastly different from the first great modern classic greatness of cyberpunkish, noiris story of Altered Carbon. The second novel is more serious military SF that is similar to special soldier days of Kovacs that is mentioned in the first. The third book is almost as strong as the first, more similar in themes, story.

 

[Vince W]

I looks like it could be great. If it is I wonder if Netflix will attempt Hardwired?