false <![CDATA[2061: Odyssey Three]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181083961m/1110555.jpg 35816 20 2061 is the year Halley's Comet makes its next pilgrimage to the inner Solar System - and the year centenarian Heywood Floyd encounters once again the alien Monoliths. Near Jupiter, the transfigured forms of David Bowman and HAL the computer are Heywood's only chance of survival - if they too are not now alien beings. 1426854 1987 2061 total:2045|5:219|4:566|3:876|2:329|1:55| 2045 6700 2590 49 3 1 false false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 00:16:29 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 06:08:19 -0700 2008
short plot description: set (obviously) 51 years after the events in "2010: Odyssey Two" we meet again Dr. Heywood Floyd, now 103 years old. Mankind has build bases on the moon and Ganymede (where a scientist makes an astonishing discovery ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 11:19:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 13:48:05 -0700 2009
Unlike with the previous parts, Arthur C. Clarke seemed to have lost his edge. Before I was glued to my seat, turning page after page of the...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 18:39:02 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 18:59:50 -0700 2008
As in 2010, there are no or...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 18 13:55:56 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 19 12:31:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Wed Aug 12 03:54:36 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 04:19:56 -0700 2009
Deals more with characters than science.

I like how the end was set up and made good use of forshadowing to the following book. Not as much a sense of mystery in this book as the last two, cause Clarke lays it all on ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 16:37:13 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 16:40:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Thu Jun 11 16:43:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 11:56:01 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Apr 06 17:32:03 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 06 17:32:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:24:59 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 10:03:38 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Fri Mar 20 12:41:28 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 12:44:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 18 07:40:49 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 09 05:54:45 -0700 2009
And so far I agree!

Finished: This series of books is indulgent of my current bad habit of skimming the tricky parts (because I can), although I'm already looking forward to the next readthrough. But even doing tha...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 25 09:59:37 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 10:00:55 -0800 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:16:43 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:17:50 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 16:26:40 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 16:27:21 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 16 14:26:32 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 14:29:15 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 18:56:59 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 18:51:00 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 18:29:02 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 18:29:20 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jul 04 06:12:19 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 06:16:08 -0700 2008 The story here is DEEPLY rooted in the science and tech of the future, with very little time given to the dimensions of the characters...you care very little about what happe...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 17 07:44:21 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 07:44:37 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Feb 28 23:34:13 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 23:34:26 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1110555