Amy wrote:
I'll suggest checking out "Altered Carbon" by Richard K
Morgan. A nice blend of sci-fi and noirishness (if that's not
a word, it should be). His later Takeshi novels aren't really
all that noirish, but still good reads. Actually, "Altered
Carbon" may be considered more hard-boiled than noir, now
that I think about it.
*************** Thank you for the suggestion, Amy. I might
even have Altered Carbon. I'll look. A couple years back I
bought a half dozen or so sci-fi novels mentioned on the list
for their noirish disposition. I got bogged down in one about
spider-like characters and didn't get very far.
I guess this is not a bad place for a recommendation of my
own. There's a short novel called A Plague of Pythons that is
good, with a fantastic and ironic resolution at the end. I
think it's by Pohl, but maybe Aldiss? Been a while.
miker
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