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Morgan's brutal, provocative third novel (after Altered Carbon and Broken Angels) charts the moral re-education of executive Chris Faulkner, who joins notoriously successful Shorn Associates, which specializes in "conflict investment" - financing totalitarian regimes, as well as guerrilla movements, in developing countries that are never allowed to develop. Taking his theme from such well-known critics of Western capitalism as Noam Chomsky, Susan George and Michael Moore (all listed as sources), the author presents a bleak near-future that includes continuing job loss through NAFTA, the undermining of national economies like that of China and the creation of a permanent underclass. Faulkner and other company hotshots compete in highly dangerous, often fatal car races, which reflect the ruthlessness of their corporate careers. Faulkner's auto-mechanic wife, Carla, strives to humanize him, but he will have to kill a lot of people with his car, guns and, in the penultimate bloodbath, a baseball bat before seeing the error of his ways. While some may be put off by the graphic violence and the heavy-handed polemics, most readers will find Morgan's economic extrapolation convincing and compelling.
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The latest novel by one of science fiction's new crossover stars features Chris Faulkner, an up-and-coming commodities trader who finds that his new job entails a level of ruthlessness he is not sure he's prepared to embrace. The story is set in England in the not-too-distant future (2050, or thereabouts), but the author's England is unlike anything we have ever seen or imagined. In this rugged, cutthroat business environment, corporate rivals duke it out in duels on the open highway. Getting a promotion involves, quite literally, eliminating the competition, and our hero's particular kind of commodities trading involves betting on the outcomes of wars. It's not a particularly pleasant future, but Morgan paints it in broad strokes, drawing us into his future world and making it feel like a natural outgrowth of today's corporate chicanery. The novel might have been unremittingly bleak if it weren't for the moral center provided by Faulkner, who is a genuinely likable guy. Fans of Morgan's gritty, noirish brand of sf will flock to this one. David Pitt
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4.0étoiles sur 5 My 100-word book review, Mars 9 2006
This review is from: Market Forces (Paperback)
It is the year 2049, and anyone craving success in the brutal world of Conflict Investment must not only have business sense but must also be ready to fight high-speed duels on Britain's deserted motorway network. Richard Morgan's third published novel is a wry cautionary tale about corporate politics in an impoverished and divided world. Readers may find the near-total urban decay and the unsympathetic characters somewhat depressing, but Morgan's writing, as usual, is engrossing and imaginative. This may not be reality as we know it (thank goodness!) but is horribly vivid, with the unpleasant internal logic of a nightmare.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Not quite as good as his first two, Jui 29 2004
Par John J. Rynne "johnrynne" (ARANJUEZ, Spain) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Market Forces (Hardcover)
Market forces is set in the not-too-distant future, a dystopian world where the masses live in relative poverty and a small class of executives lead privileged lives in cordoned areas. Questions such as promotion and landing contracts are settled by strictly regulated road races to the death.
The companies make their billions by manipulating third world countries, raising and deposing tyrants and taking a cut of the GDP for their pains.
Market Forces bears the burden of having to live up to Altered Carbon and Fallen Angels. Unlike them, it is set in the relatively near future, so there isn't so much scope for mind-blowing gadgets. The plot line is not as gripping as either of its predecessors.
Market Forces is not a bad piece of SF in its own right but, if you haven't read any Richard Morgan before, start off with Altered Carbon, then Fallen Angels. Leave Market Forces on the back burner.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Capitalism gone amuck!, Avril 14 2004
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This review is from: Market Forces (Paperback)
Wow! This is Richard Morgan's first book that does not have Takeshi Kovacs as the protagonist. Like Altered Carbon and Broken Angels this is a fast paced book with lots of action, a great plot, a wonderful mystery and a bleak outlook on the future of humanity. I could not set this book down.

Morgan creates a futuristic world where capitalism has gone awry. "Investors" put capital into rebels, governments and arms dealers to fund small conflicts and regime changes. The investors are in such aptly named organizations as "Conflict Investment at Shorn Associates" and "Emerging Markets at HammerMcCol", it's not a stretch of the venture captial or investment banking worlds. The investors then get a percentage of the new governments' GDP, the drug trade or other finanical benefits. Rather than competitive bids and RFPs, each of the investment houses has drivers (analysts) that compete in a driving dual to the death.

This is a great read, it made me want to make money at all costs. It is what the anti-globalisation groups are fighting. It's a fantastic (albeit horrible) vision of the future.

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2.0étoiles sur 5 Poor effort after two winners
First off - I truly enjoyed Altered Carbon and Broken Angels - superb, dense, pieces of hard sci fi that were hard to put down. Read more
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