Talk:Black Man (novel)

message: Is there a reference in support of the claim that "Black Man is set in the same universe as Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs novels"? D.brodale 21:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I put that in as I just thought it was obvious.  It's set on Earth in an earlier time obviously, Mars is a major part of the plot,  altered carbon is mentioned as are the Bancroft family. Virtual reality is used a lot as in the later stories.  One character talks about how 'pretty soon' it will be possible to record peoples brain states.  As for references, this guy agrees with me: http://sandstormreviews.blogspot.com/2007/03/black-man-richard-morgan.html as does this one: http://www.thegenrefiles.com/2007/03/07/highly-recommended-reading-black-man-by-richard-morgan/  Anyway, take it out if you don't feel it's obvious and/or sourced.
--Shimbo 20:57, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: From my reading of the two above-referenced review shorts, I don't gather that Black Man/Thirteen is set in the same fictional universe as the Kovacs works ... the first reviewer merely asserts it, the second openly postulates it to be as such. I can't contest (having not read Morgan's earlier books myself) Ewan's statement as to conflicting timelines or removal of the problematic lines here within the Black Man article. D.brodale 21:11, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

text:  Added link to Richard Morgan audio interview where he discusses the book, in particular the part where he talks about the book being in a different universe from the Kovacs books.  If someone can format it properly please do so.  Also here is another interview, this time in text http://www.uksfbooknews.net/2007/03/19/richard-morgan-on-new-novel-black-man/ Ewan 10:12, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I took out the link Ewan added, because i didn't want to listen to the interview right now; i did check the other one, though, and added it in and formatted it (i think) correctly.  Here's Ewan's other link, if you want it.  Cheers, Lindsay (talk) 16:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Erm, why should whether you want to listen to it influence whether it belongs in the article? -- 128.240.229.7 (talk) 14:07, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is there any place on or in the book itself that gives the title as Thirteen and not Th1rte3n? --DocumentN 23:17, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't own the book (Morgan's other work wasn't to my taste), but FWIW, Amazon's reprint of the publisher's book description says "Thirteen".  So do all the reviews it lists. —Cryptic 23:29, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Inconclusive! --DocumentN 23:31, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The publisher's own site has it in all-letters, too. —Cryptic 23:36, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  American title 

message: I notice on the left hand side of the article it says that the paperback book has 320 pages (atleast that what I'm assuming 320pp means). I just grabbed my copy of the book, which is paperback, and it has 546 pages. I'm not gonna change it but could someone check a paperback copy and see how many pages it is.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.184.34.216 (talk) 03:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of Pages 

message: I don't remember any thirteen and three quarters crud, he was just known as a Thirteen or Variant Thirteen, aka unluck in slang. Whoever made that edit should cite it , I don't have the book with me --92.36.239.19 (talk) 17:41, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That's correct, as far as I recall — and I've just read it.  Pity I didn't read this page beforehand, then I could have made sure. Paul Magnussen (talk) 16:38, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  13 vs 13.75 

message: I've read all the books and nowhere do I remember any reference to "the invasion of Mars by the subterranean crab people" Lgonggr (talk) 14:46, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crab people ??? 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 10:22, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 9 June 2021