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	• Woken Furies: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel Richard K. Morgan Del Rey, 2007 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 57 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

very pleasurable to read

this book was as nice to read as the first two in the series. also...i do hope that the author writes one more book for this series, as he creates great possibilities for a fourth novel.

Getting kind of tired...

While I liked Altered Carbon for its new content, and somewhat the second book, this one was kind of tired. While the storytelling was good and the SF strong, the character was tiring, especially with the double running around. It could have been more exciting, but still deserves a read as part of the series.

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One of the best!

Brilliant, original, completely engrossing. Mr. Morgan never disappoints. There isn't a single superfluous word. This man's brand of talent can't be learned, can't be bought, and sadly, can't be plugged in and soaked up Matrix style. Either you have it or you don't, and most of us don't. I'm in awe.

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"Orange moonlight on a worn and darkened floor."

I have been hooked on Richard K. Morgan's hard-boiled science fiction since Altered Carbon. I was quite pleased when I heard that Woken Furies, the third book with Takeshi Kovacs as a main character, was available. These books mix cyberpunk with noir detective novels in a very effective way. They are moody, violent, and have some fascinating world building involved. The basic concept involves personality as embedded in cortical stacks which can be backed up, moved to another body ("sleeve"), or destroyed for real death. The Morgan universe is a host to a whole array of problems around class, militarism, wealth, exploitation and violence. A really interesting and entertaining series.

I have heard folks say that Woken Furies is the weakest of the three books. I would tend to agree with that, even though it also has some of the most interesting elements. The beginning is particularly slow. It took me quite some time to engage with the work. I could not tell you exactly why it felt so slow, but I really had to give it 100 pages before I had warmed up to the text. Again in this book, I really like the thread of Quellism (a political theory) that runs through the work. What I think is great about Woken Furies is that Quellism gets explored more thoroughly.

I actually think that you could read this book without reading the first two. However, I suspect that you would enjoy them more in order. If you don't know Takeshi Kovacs yet, you are in for a treat. If you are already a fan, expect some bumps in this installment but it is still a worthy entry in the series.

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