Sex, Death and Resurrection in Altered Carbon
The 2018 Netflix series Altered Carbon is a vital contribution to the cyberpunk renaissance, among such titles as Snowpiercer or Blade Runner 2049. This collection of new essays answers the question: is this increasing popularity of cyberpunk a sign of recognition of the genre''s transgressive aspects, such as a stark critique of capitalism, or is it the opposite--a sign of the genre''s failure...
The 2018 Netflix series Altered Carbon is a vital contribution to the cyberpunk renaissance, among such titles as Snowpiercer or Blade Runner 2049. This collection of new essays answers the question: is this increasing popularity of cyberpunk a sign of recognition of the genre''s transgressive aspects, such as a stark critique of capitalism, or is it the opposite--a sign of the genre''s failure...