excellent cyberpunk adventure

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

OK, now i'm ready to watch the Netflix series based on this book! Altered Carbon is a fast moving murder mystery / action cyberpunk adventure set in a complex and imaginative future in which technology has made immortality a reality - if you have enough money and power to afford it. (sounds a lot like present day healthcare in the U.S.). The future portrayed is both believable and well thought out, and in the style of William Gibson, one of my favs, the reader hits the ground running. Richard Morgan's writing style is engaging, fast moving, and fully immersed in the cyberpunk world he has created. Not only am i looking forward to the Netflix series, but i am looking forward to reading more from this excellent author. I see on Goodreads that there are two more adventures in the Takeshi Kovacs series of books: Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs, #2) and Woken Furies (Takeshi Kovacs, #3) .

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thoughtful, informed, passionate and grounded

Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A thoughtful, informed, passionate and grounded collection of essays by Ms. Kingsolver, created in the aftermath of and as a response to events of Sept 11, working through the impact and causes of the attack, as well as reflecting on what has real, lasting value in our lives as humans on planet Earth. This is a collection well worth the time to read and reflect upon.

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