In a future where identities can be recorded and downloaded into synthetic and natural bodies, the identity of a former trained soldier in storage on a distant planet as punishment for criminal behavior is purchased and loaded into a body on Earth by a superwealthy man who has been alive for 300 years, to investigate who had shot the head off his previous body.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | British Science Fiction Award | Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2003 | Locus Poll Award | Best First Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2004 | Philip K. Dick Award | Philip K. Dick Award | Winner |
| 2012 | Locus Online | 21st Century Science Fiction Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2002 |
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Altered Carbon | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| February 2002 |
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Altered Carbon | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| April 2002 |
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Altered Carbon | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| September 2002 |
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Altered Carbon | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | 1 |
| 2003 |
|
Altered Carbon | Gollancz | Novel | |
| 2003 |
|
Altered Carbon | Orion | Novel | |
| 2003 |
|
Altered Carbon | Gollancz | Novel | |
| 2003 |
|
Altered Carbon | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| January 2003 |
|
Modyfikowany wegiel | ISA | Novel | |
| March 2003 |
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Altered Carbon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| March 2003 |
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Altered Carbon | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | Novel | |
| March 2003 | Altered Carbon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | ||
| March 2003 |
|
Carbone modifié | Bragelonne | Novel | |
| June 2003 |
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Суперкомандос | Бард | Novel | |
| June 2004 |
|
Bay City | Editrice Nord | Novel | |
| September 2004 |
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Das Unsterblichkeitsprogramm | Heyne | Novel | |
| September 2004 |
|
Das Unsterblichkeitsprogramm | Heyne | Novel | |
| 2005 |
|
Видоизмененный углерод | АСТ | Novel | |
| 2005 |
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Půjčovna Masa | Triton (Czech Republic) | Novel | |
| 2005 |
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Skaitmeninės sąmonės | Eridanas | Novel | |
| 2005 |
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Das Unsterblichkeitsprogramm | Heyne | Novel | |
| January 2005 |
|
Altered Carbon | Tantor Media | Novel | |
| February 2005 |
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θνητοί θεοί | Anubis (Greece) | Novel | |
| April 2005 |
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オルタード・カーボン | アスペクト | Novel | |
| May 2005 |
|
Carbono alterado | Minotauro | Novel | |
| 2006 |
|
Valós Halál | Agave Könyvek | Novel | |
| March 2006 |
|
Altered Carbon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| May 2006 |
|
Digitalni ugljik | Algoritam | Novel | |
| September 2006 |
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Bay City | TEA | Novel | |
| August 2007 |
|
Altered Carbon | Gollancz | Novel | |
| October 2007 |
|
Muuntohiili | Like | Novel | |
| 2008 |
|
Carbono alterado | Edições Saída de Emergência | Novel | |
| March 2008 |
|
Carbon Modificat | Tritonic | Novel | |
| March 2008 |
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Altered Carbon | Subterranean Press | Novel | |
| August 2008 |
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얼터드 카본 | Golden Branch | Novel | |
| September 2008 |
|
Altered Carbon | Gollancz | Novel | 1 |
| December 2008 |
|
Altered Carbon | Gollancz | Novel | |
| May 2011 |
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Carbone modifié | Milady | Novel | |
| August 2011 |
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副本 | Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House | Novel | |
| 2012 |
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Půjčovna Masa | Triton (Czech Republic) | Novel | |
| June 2012 |
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Carbone modifié | Bragelonne | Novel | |
| 2013 |
|
Digitalni Ugljenik | Laguna | Novel | |
| November 2013 |
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The SF Collection | Gollancz | Omnibus | |1 |
| November 2016 |
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Carbono Modificado | Gigamesh | Novel | |
| July 2017 |
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Carbono Alterado | Bertrand Brasil | Novel | |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon | Gollancz | Novel | ||
| January 2018 |
|
Carbone modifié | Bragelonne | Novel | |
| February 2018 |
|
Altered Carbon | Gollancz | Novel | |
| February 2018 |
|
Carbono alterado | Edições Saída de Emergência | Novel | |
| February 2018 |
|
Altered Carbon | Del Rey | Novel |