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"I've taken some stick for passages in Altered Carbon which people complained had sickened them, but then violence should be sickening."
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In the novel, it turns out that there is a small minority of people who are very adversely affected by higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They turn to a source of quick relief.
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