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Altered Carbon – All the DNA of great science-fiction with some missing links

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Re: Altered Carbon – All the DNA of great science-fiction with some missing links

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(Oh man, Star Trek... Artificial gravity that no one ever talks about . Gravity control would be a total game-changer. Also, One day I realized, how does the Klingon disintegrator ray stop at the soles of the boots? It never disintegrates the floor.)

> Artificial gravity that no one ever talks about. Much the same as how most people today don't talk about how 4G works, or how pressurisation on an airliner prevents them from asphyxiating. Until it stops working, like in Star Trek VI...

Yeah, but we mention 4G, pressurized cabins, what-have-you.

My point is that of all the futuristic fictional technologies that ST presents and deals with: teleporters, replicators, phasors, warp drive, etc... they never ever even mention the artificial gravity. (Spoiler alert: There is one part in one of the movies where the bad guys turn it off on a ship during an attack. But still no one actually talks about it.)

Arguably, gravity control would be a huge thing (Larry Niven has a book where one of the characters has developed g.c. and done spectacular things with it.)

Re: Altered Carbon – All the DNA of great science-fiction with some missing links

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I have not read the book or watched the show, though I want to. Should I watch first then read the book?

You should be fine watching the show first. Do you feel more satisfied with fiction when powerful villains are, by some miraculous stroke of luck, brought to justice? Or do you feel more satisfied with the logical consistency of stories where the powerful can mostly get away with crimes, because that's what power is? The latter is more like the book and noir-ish fiction in general. I also prefer the latter, perhaps b…

> Do you feel more satisfied with fiction when powerful villains are, by some miraculous stroke of luck, brought to justice? Or do you feel more satisfied with the logical consistency of stories where the powerful can mostly get away with crimes, because that's what power is?

Given those two choices, I prefer logic. But, I would prefer justice if it wasn't "by some miraculous stroke of luck".

I'll check out the show first. I already have Netflix, but haven't bought the book yet.

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