Quote:
Originally Posted by NhlNut
I liked Altered Carbon, and would definitely watch a season 2. the story got convoluted and seemed a bit strung out toward the end, but it looked good and had interesting ideas.
There are two sequel books, Broken Angels and Woken Furies. The second one (which is the worst) is sort of military sci-fi and follows Kovacs after he joins a mercenary company. Kovacs is even more of an ******* antihero and it's even more violent. It lacks the inventiveness of Altered Carbon and is a bit of a slog to read, but it might translate quite well to the screen. Lot of action, journeys to new planets, and so forth.
By the way, the author used to be a high school English teacher and quit to become a full time writer after Joel Silver optioned the rights to make a movie of Altered Carbon (his debut novel) for $1 million. This was back in the early-mid 2000s, well before Netflix was a thing. Imagine if they'd tried to cram the whole story into a 2 hour movie.
Last edited by ChrisV; 02-20-2018 at 09:42 PM.