Paul Farrell wrote:
> If we have a science fiction/hardboiled month, I've
got another candidate.
> I'm reading a novel called 'Altered Carbon' by
Richard Morgan. It's about
a
> private eye, who is killed at the beginning of the
story, and later
> resurrected in a new body back on Earth, so he can
carry out a murder
> investigation for a rich man.
****************************** Sounds cool. I thought Dick's
ELECTRIC SHEEP was both hardboiled and noir. I've heard
somewhere (here?) that science fiction has taken a stylish
turn towards the dark side in the last decade or so. Haven't
read him but I've got a Tim Powers novel that I think
qualifies as dark. George Martin has written some dark and
delightfully tough stuff. I've read the first two in the
throne/king/swords series and I'm working on getting my
endurance up to reading the 1000+ page third one.
I'm training for it by rereading Earl Thompson's GARDEN OF
SAND. Last time I read it was close to 20 years ago. Some
books don't measure up under a second reading. This one does.
It's spectacular. One of the top five books I've read in my
life. Awesome.
miker
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