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Thirteen | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard K. Morgan
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 44598
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 560
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0345480899
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345480897
ASIN: 0345480899
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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 Complaint August 14, 2008
Peter A. Robinson (France)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why is there no mention on the Amazon page that this is THE SAME BOOK as BLack Man....
I'm just about to read what I thought was a follow up and find I've already read this....
It's a good book, but surely Amazon need to indicate this is a reprint with a different title...!!!
 Spellbinding Post-Cyberpunk Novel From Richard K. Morgan That's Definitely His Best August 9, 2008
John Kwok (New York, NY USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
In "Thirteen" acclaimed young British science fiction writer Richard K. Morgan has written one of the finest novels published not only this year, but among the best in recent memory in the realm of science fiction literature. Best known for his cyberpunk space operas devoted to his antihero Takeshi Kovacs in the novels "Altered Carbon", "Broken Angels" and "Woken Furies", Morgan returns once more to explore the nature of individuality and what it truly means to be human in his latest novel, adding to its spellbinding, compelling mix, a heavy dose of the gritty realism seen in his recent novel "Market Forces". Stylistically, Morgan's novel is his closest to those of William Gibson's early "Cyberspace" trilogy, and that is indeed high praise from me, since I have noted before Morgan's frequent expropriation of classic cyberpunk themes in his fiction, but also wondering whether he has used them effectively. In "Thirteen" he has most certainly breathed new life into "post-cyberpunk" literature, in a compelling tale that's as memorable as "Neuromancer" and "Count Zero" - Gibson's first two novels, which are still regarded as among the founding father of cyberpunk's very best. Furthermore he has crafted an antihero whom I regard as far more memorable than Takeshi Kovacs, Carl Marsalis, a soldier of fortune and bounty hunter who belongs to a unique, genetically-modified strain of humanity known as Thirteens. And, best of all, Morgan has written some of best realized, most vivid, descriptive prose, which demonstrates that he is truly a literary talent to be compared favorably alongside fellow British science fiction writer China Mieville, perhaps the finest science fiction writer currently working in Great Britain.
Morgan's "Thirteen" can be viewed as a classic crime noir novel in a futuristic setting, a fast-paced piece of detective fiction in which Marsalis and his partner, Sevgi Ertekin, a young Turkish-American ex-NYPD detective, are hot on the trail of another Thirteen - a genetic variant of humanity designed to become the ultimate warrior - who has escaped from the Pacific Ocean crash landing of an Earth-bound shuttle from Mars, causing wanton death and destruction in his wake. Soon, however, both Marsalis and Ertekin stumble upon a tangled, almost Byzantine, web of political and criminal intrigue that spans the Americas and distant Mars too. Morgan expertly handles the suspense, and then, unexpectedly, introduces new elements of the tale nearly midway through the novel, as though they are billiard balls spinning out of control on a pool table. Marsalis proves he's an excellent detective, as well as bounty hunter, in his own right, tracing fragile leads across North America and the Andes of South America, that will lead inexorably to one final bloody showdown between a Peruvian crime lord and his half-brother, another Thirteen. Along the way Marsalis will question not only his own relationship with Sevgi, but also his sanity, as his obsessive pursuit of the murderous Thirteen from Mars will take him to Turkey, as well as a few memorably violent visits to Peru (Readers familiar with Morgan's literary riffs emphasizing violence and gore may find the body count quite diminished, until the final hundred pages.). I found "Thirteen" impossible to put down, and a compelling piece of science fiction literature that should earn for Morgan not only ample critical and popular acclaim, but also, many of the finest prizes awarded to science fiction literature.
3 X C 3 L L 3 N T !! August 9, 2008
NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in Orbit)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This dark cyberpunk novel is another proof that RICHARD MORGAN is the cutting edge of the genre. In a not so distant future, Mars has been colonized and genetic altered humans have been created, used up and then discarded into the margins of society - with prejudice. Hunting down renegade Thirteens (augmented alpha-males that should only choose between exile to Mars or never leaving their reservation) is Carl Marsalis, another Thirteen with an agenda of his own.
In the backdrop of a dystopic yet all too human society several paradigm shifts away, this roller-coaster ride starts off with a bang and never slows down.
Ever since his first novel (ALTERED CARBON), Richard Morgan has conjured up a rich world full of images, sounds, scents and tastes that, although is science fiction, it never ceases to be recognizably and timelessly human. His imagination has given this future such depth that allows him to move effortlessly back and forth in time between books. I can only compare him to another titan of the genre : FRANK HERBERT of DUNE fame.
The Agricultural revolution domesticating humans? Highly probable. Together with the emergence of religious predisposition and reduced aggressiveness, the [implied] Social Selection favoring docile humans was a good way for societies to consolidate and thrive. As a NeuroBiologist I was very impressed to find his understanding of evolutionary NeuroSciences on the mark.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
 A Huge Disappointment (Again!) August 8, 2008
Hopester (London, UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like so many others, I loved Morgan's first book, 'Altered Carbon' - but all of his subsequent books have been disappointing. More a crime novel with sci-fi dressing than anything else, this book suffers from a poor structure, under-developed characters, and unconvincing dialog. Morgan's main character, Carl Marsalis, lurches from one scene to the next through a series of convoluted and improbable "hunches", which give the reader no opportunity to work the crime out for themselves. And the story is also hampered by unsubtle, over-long, incoherent, and frankly quite boring social commentary.
A terrible book, with no redeeming qualities.
Just as good as his other books July 4, 2008
thesci-figuy (Surrey, United Kingdom)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Okay, this is a much bleaker book than his other novels, but so what? It's well written, has a great set of characters, and most importantly of all, it makes you want to keep on turning the pages.
This is a science fiction novel that will stand the test of time and in 50 years' time will be being mentioned in the same breath as works by Heinlein and Clarke as classics.
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