So I was at KFC this weekend, and I had a novel in hand as I usually do when I go out to grab food on my own. While waiting in line, the elderly lady beside me asked, "What's your book about? It looks interesting."
"Oh," I replied. "It's a science fiction novel about the future, where there are these blackboxes that people can put in their spinal column to back up their personality, so that when you die, you can just restore your mind into a new body."
Her: "..."
Me: "It's also sort of a noir detective story, someone gets murdered, it's a mystery, stuff like that."
Her: *another long pause* "... Well, at least you're still reading! Not many people read these days."
Comments (2)
OK, I'll bite -- what was the book?
Posted by Paul | December 14, 2007
Posted on December 14, 2007
It was Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. I haven't finished it, but so far it's okay. Not the highest quality literature in the world, but light entertainment with lots of sex and violence and some interesting ideas.
Posted by ToastyKen | December 23, 2007
Posted on December 23, 2007