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Richard K. Morgan: Woken Furies (2005, Del Rey/Ballantine Books) 4 stars

Richard K. Morgan has received widespread praise for his astounding twenty-fifth-century novels featuring Takeshi Kovacs, …

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3 stars

This one is based on Harlan's World and its many oceans--and I felt like I was floundering a lot. Sometimes I'd grab a good surf but for the most part I thought the story line just got lost.

Kovacs has a grudge that he's hell bent into, predictably things happen and now he's a part of another story, then that story goes and becomes another story, and we circle back and forth like a tide and..

I liked some of it. The whole dCom outfit was just fun awesome--I could use a whole lot of books just on those kids and their toys. The rest.. I'm not sure. Feels like a bunch of novelettes that got strung together somehow. Overall I enjoyed the read and I wouldn't mind reading more set in the universe--but like the author said in an interview once Kovacs has had his time and you can feel it here.