RICHARD K. MORGAN (1965 -) A British science fiction author is a former ESL teacher, world traveler and history student. In 2002 his first novel Altered Carbon was published, combining elements of cyberpunk and hardboiled detective fiction and noir. The film rights to Altered Carbon reported to be for a near unprecedented $1,000,000. That payday enabled Morgan to become a full-time writer. In 2003 the U.S. paperback publication of Altered Carbon received the Philip K. Dick Award. A common theme to Morgan’s novels is that they take place in dystopias. His attitude is summed up by the following statement: “Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses.” Market Forces is set in the near future. Morgan says that the novel was originally written as a short story, then as a screenplay (but neither have been published). Morgan also wrote two six-issue miniseries for Marvel Comics under the Marvel Knights imprint. Every Richard K. Morgan novel so far has been published as an audiobook by Tantor Media.
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Commercial Audiobooks:
The Steel Remains
By Richard K. Morgan; Read by Simon Vance
13 CDs or 2 MP3-CDs – 16 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: January 2009
EAN: 9781400109630 (cd), 9781400159635 (mp3-cd)
Epic fantasy is worked over in classic Richard K. Morgan style, producing this unique combination of noir themes and savage action involving characters you wouldn’t want to meet but will love to follow.
Altered Carbon (#1 in the Kovacs Series)
By Richard K. Morgan; Read by Todd McLaren
14 CDs or 2 MP3-CDs – 14 Hours 54 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 2005
ISBN: 1400101379 (Retail CDs), 1400131375 (Library CDs), 1400151376 MP3-CDs
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Broken Angels (#2 in the Kovacs Series)
By Richard K. Morgan; Read by Todd McLaren
13 CDs or 2 MP3-CDs – Approx. 16.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: April 2005
EAN: 9781400101382 (cd), 9781400151387 (mp3-cd)
Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers, and bodies, once more . . . trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire, and helping a far-flung planet’s government put down a bloody revolution.
Woken Furies (#3 in the Kovacs Series)
By Richard K. Morgan; Read by William Dufris
18 CD or 2 MP3-CDs – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: February 2006
EAN: 9781400101993 (cd), 9781400151998 (mp3-cd)
Once a gang member, then a marine, then a galaxy-hopping Envoy trained to wreak slaughter and suppression across the stars, a bleeding, wounded Kovacs was chilling out in a New Hokkaido bar when some so-called holy men descended on a slim beauty with tangled, hyperwired hair. An act of quixotic chivalry later and Kovacs was in deep: mixed up with a woman with two names, many powers, and one explosive history.
Market Forces
By Richard K. Morgan; Read by Simon Vance
13 CDs – 16 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 2005
ISBN: 1400101395 (Retail CD), 1400131395 (Library CD), 1400151392 (MP3-CD)
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Thirteen
By Richard K. Morgan; Read by Simon Vance
18 CDs or 3 MP3-CDs -Approx. 23 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: July 2007 (�)
ISBN: 1400104319 (CDs), 1400154316 (MP3-CDs)
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Interviews:
Interview with Richard K. Morgan
Interviewed by John C. Snider
1 |MP3| – Approx. 80 Minutes [INTERVIEW]
Podcaster: Sci-Fi Dimensions Podcast
Podcast: August 2008
StarShipSofa interviews Richard K. Morgan
Interviewed by Tony C. Smith
1 |MP3| – Approx. 77 Minutes [INTERVIEW]
Podcaster: StarShipSofa
Podcast: November 2008
Interview with Richard K. Morgan
2 MP3 files – Approx. 1 Hour [INTERVIEW]
Podcaster: Faster Than Light
Podcast: September 2007