Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan Summary
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In a future where consciousness transfers between bodies, Richard Morgan's award-winning "Altered Carbon" follows ex-soldier Takeshi Kovacs investigating a wealthy man's death. From Philip K. Dick Award winner to Netflix sensation, this cyberpunk noir redefined immortality in science fiction.
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Death Is Just an Inconvenience for the Wealthy
Imagine waking up in someone else's body, your consciousness downloaded into a stranger's flesh after spending decades in digital storage. In this future, death has become a temporary condition-at least for those who can afford it. Human minds are stored in "cortical stacks," cigarette-sized devices implanted at the base of the skull that record everything that makes you who you are: memories, personality, skills. Bodies are merely "sleeves" to be discarded and replaced. This technological miracle has created a brutal social hierarchy. The ultra-wealthy "Meths" (named after biblical Methuselah) live for centuries by transferring between perfect cloned bodies, while ordinary citizens might spend decades "on stack" if they can't afford re-sleeving. When the poor finally return, they often inherit used sleeves with lingering muscle memories, addictions, or health issues from previous owners. Our protagonist, Takeshi Kovacs, embodies this disjointed existence. An ex-Envoy-elite soldiers trained to adapt instantly to new bodies-he's been needlecast across the stars and awakens violently in a strange body. The transmission process itself is traumatic, described as having your consciousness compressed into a digital signal and fired through space at light speed. This body belongs to Elias Ryker, a disgraced police officer, and Kovacs must quickly adapt to both his new physical form and the complex web of relationships that come with it.
A Murder Mystery with Immortal Stakes
The Human Weapon: Envoy Conditioning
The Economics of Immortality
Virtual Reality and the Nature of Experience
Relationships When Death Is Temporary
When Consciousness Becomes Portable
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"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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