Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan. 11, ratings, average rating, reviews. Thirteen Quotes Showing of “The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.”. ― Richard K. Morgan, bltadwin.ru: Richard K. Morgan. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award Published as Black Man in the UK and Thirteen in North America Carl Marsalis is a traitor, a bringer of death, a genetic freak and an unwelcome reminder of all that is dark in the human psyche – he in every sense of the word a Black Man. And right at Black Man (aka Thirteen) Read More»Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Morgan really does this well in Thirteen. The bio-engineered soldiers, hunted and exiled to colonies and work camps by fearful "normals", grieve, suffer, love, hate and otherwise have the fully range of emotional senses we all have/5().
Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award Published as Black Man in the UK and Thirteen in North America Carl Marsalis is a traitor, a bringer of death, a genetic freak and an unwelcome reminder of all that is dark in the human psyche - he in every sense of the word a Black Man. And right at Black Man (aka Thirteen) Read More». The future isn't what it used to be since Richard K. Morgan arrived on the scene. He unleashed Takeshi Kovacs-private eye, soldier of fortune, and all-purpose antihero-into the body-swapping, hard-boiled, urban jungle of tomorrow in Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies, winning the Philip K. Dick Award in the process. In Market Forces, he launched corporate gladiator Chris. Thirteen. by Richard K. Morgan. Paperback. Categories: Science Fiction Fantasy. Buy Used - Good. $ USD Add to cart. Add to wishlist. Description. The future isn't what it used to be since Richard K. Morgan arrived on the scene. He unleashed Takeshi Kovacs-private eye, soldier of fortune, and all-purpose antihero-into the body-swapping.
Set a hundred years in the future, Thirteen has a premise that intrigues on some levels, but taxes the suspension of disbelief on others. It isn’t entirely realistic, I’d submit, to suggest that humanity will have become so soft and overcivilized that we’ll have had to genetically engineer (to engineer genetically?) a breed of warriors to fight our wars for us, as we normal humans — derided as “cudlips” by the modified “variant thirteens,” a bovine appellation implying utter. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award Published as Black Man in the UK and Thirteen in North America Carl Marsalis is a traitor, a bringer of death, a genetic freak and an unwelcome reminder of all that is dark in the human psyche – he in every sense of the word a Black Man. And right at Black Man (aka Thirteen) Read More». Richard K. Morgan, author of the sci-fi masterpiece, "Altered Carbon", is one of the most interesting and talented writings working today. "Thirteen" may be his most ambitious and brilliant novel so far. In the 22nd century, humans have colonized Mars, which remains a frontier outpost - think the Wild Wild West.
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