Altered Carbon
by Richard K. Morganliterary work· published 2002
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Altered Carbon is a 2002 British cyberpunk novel by the English writer Richard K. Morgan. Set in a future in which interstellar travel and relative immortality is facilitated by transferring consciousnesses between bodies ("sleeves"), it follows the attempt of Takeshi Kovacs, a former U.N. elite soldier turned private investigator, to investigate a rich man's death. It is followed by the sequels Broken Angels and Woken Furies. The book was adapted as a Netflix television series, also titled Altered Carbon, in 2018. In 2019 a graphic novel was created with Dynamite Comics.
Adaptations (2)
Altered Carbon has been adapted 2 times, across television series and film, from 2018 to 2020. The most recent is Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020).
