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Re:Altered Carbon – All the DNA of great science-fiction wit... by grondilu on Saturday February 10, 2018 @12:31PM (#16348347)
On reddit there is some kind of consensus that the series is great up until around episode 7, when it gets from bad to worse.

I personally did read about half the book until I lost interest. So I guess the series and the book have that in common. Anyway, from what I've read the series is more or less true to the book, except from episode 7 when even I could notice some major differences (mainly the nature and motivations of the envoys).

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Re:Altered Carbon – All the DNA of great science-fiction wit... by nightfreeze on Saturday February 10, 2018 @12:40PM (#16348408)
I completely agree with the first sentence. I actually had to make an effort to watch it past the middle, where the writing gets really bad. (I stuck with it because i'm a cyberpunk fan, your mileage may vary)

The book is no masterpiece, not by a longshot, but it's a fun read and I think it's miles better than the show.

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Re:Altered Carbon – All the DNA of great science-fiction wit... by rtkwe on Saturday February 10, 2018 @01:03PM (#16348552)
Yeah they kind of added CTAC that kind of acts like the Envoys did in the book. I see why they did it though it gave them a way to work in more backstory and info on the Quellists that the book didn't really get into iirc.
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