TW: Discussion of torture/sexual abuse & if it has a place in stories (it doesn't) from 14:30 to 19:28.
In this conversation, Jacob and Kathleen discuss cyberpunk, noir fiction, and hardboiled detective novels and how to handle traditional noir/detective tropes, often referred to as sexist, and where they have a place in contemporary popular novels (if at all).
We also take a deep dive into the first 500 words of Altered Carbon and discuss how Morgan builds a masterful beginning.
Near the end of the episode, we discuss the concept of the self and how this novel pushes those boundaries to their extremes.
Sources, licensing for nerds:
David Parfit and Reductionism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Parfit
Cyberpunk Remastered: Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Postmodernism by K. Ceres Wright: https://www.amazon.com/Many-Genres-One-Craft-Lessons/dp/0938467085
All sound effects in the Introduction sourced from freesound.org under attribution license
"Data Corrupted"-- https://freesound.org/people/Saltbearer/sounds/481996/
"Static" -- https://freesound.org/people/joedeshon/sounds/329673/
"Glitch" -- https://freesound.org/people/KatHakaku/sounds/35059/
"Ambient Dreamscape" -- https://freesound.org/people/onderwish/sounds/400670/
Theme Music "Soul Shaker" by Reaktor Productions, sourced from PremiumBeat.com
Narration of first pages of Altered Carbon read by Jacob to add to discussion of themes of the novel
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