Altered carbon 20025/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Banks’ treatment of it in his ‘Culture’ novels). “The endless co-option of life and all its pleasures” by the wealthy.Ĥ7:18 The theme of identity in ‘Altered Carbons’ (compared to Iain M. ![]() Visit Richard’s website to find out more about him and how to buy his books, including the main subject of this conversation, Richard’s award-winning 2002 novel ‘Altered Carbon’:Įwan Morrison’s Areo article ‘Why We Must Walk Away from Omelas: The Problem with Utopias’:Ġ:00 Opening and introduction (and a confession from Iona): the great weight of ‘Altered Carbon’ in Richard’s career.Ħ:01 Iona reads a passage from ‘Altered Carbon’.ġ2:30 Richard and Iona discuss the passage, the underlying premises of the novel, and Richard’s visual imagination and writing style over the years.Ģ7:30 ‘Re-sleeving’ and ‘download central’ in ‘Altered Carbon’ and the themes and inspirations behind them.ģ0:29 Iona’s ambiguity towards the Netflix adaptation of ‘Altered Carbon’: comparisons with the novel.ģ7:23 More on the ‘sleeves’ in ‘Altered Carbon’: how the rich and powerful get the best from the system and what this tells us about the nature of wealth and capitalism and the trajectory we’re on. ![]()
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