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Babel_17

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2. Thanks for the heads-up
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 06:42 AM
Jun 2013

I'm still not done with Altered Carbon but I have definitely noticed some similar uses of technology between this and what Iain M. Banks used in his later books.

Virtual hells and minds being backed up and then downloaded into new bodies get used by both authors. They make it seems obvious, given the context of their worlds.

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