ap8889 wrote:A confession: Altered Carbon is one of my all-time favourite books, a cyberpunk noir detective story. Imagine a Mickey Spillane /Mike Hammer story set in a Blade Runner where bad guys and detectives can download into new bodies after getting plugged full of lasergun shots.
Anyway, the book is a breathless full throttle violent romp that I loved.
Netflix have now adapted it into a TV series. I watched the first episode last night and thought they did a great job. The casting is spot-on, and the production values are high. The world is a little confusing if you are not familiar with the book , but actually this works well as the protagonist is more than s little confused himself, dropped into a new body on a new world having died violently half a galaxy away 2 centuries previously.
Recommended. I can't wait to see more.
Thanks, this looks good. "Cyperpunk noir", what's not to like!
John