false 70539 30 Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong...and what became of Commander Dave Bowman. Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith that orbits Jupiter. Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own... 615175 1982 2010: Odyssey Two total:3010|5:460|4:1149|3:1130|2:246|1:25| 3010 10803 3652 100 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 13:41:38 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 14:07:36 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 13 06:17:05 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 06:56:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 20:49:40 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 03:16:38 -0700 2009 2
However, part-way through the book, I remembered certain aspects of the book and realized that I must have read it previously....more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 12:18:04 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 12:12:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 12:51:46 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 10:21:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 21:31:08 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 21:35:12 -0700 2009 Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a sequel to The Planet of the Apes. It repeats much of the same material as the previous book and introduces very little new material. It was nearly as enjoyable to read as the first book, and the characters a...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1977 Thu Dec 11 14:14:08 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 14:19:07 -0800 2008 1 To do it he needs the help of the presumably scitzophrenic master computer, HAL.
But once HAL is awake, Floyd finds out t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 08:17:04 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 19:01:14 -0700 2008 2001: A Space Odyssey, but it's not. It's more a semi-sequel to the movie of the same name. Where the novel and the book differ, 2010 follows the movie, expect where it changes things to make this novel mo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 18 13:55:46 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 19 12:30:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 24 16:15:28 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 16:17:18 -0700 2008 2001: a space odyssey {though Kubrick was the one to tear up his sets so no one could film a sequel~they did anyway~though i ha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 18:13:59 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 22:32:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 12:10:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 13:48:11 -0700 2009 2010: Odyssey Two as it read as a sequel not the the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey but to the film of the same title. While I've seen the film, 2010, the novel wasn't too spoiled for me. Obviously, the detail is fuller.

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short plot description: set (obviously) nine years after the events in "2001: A space odyssey" a joint crew of russians and americans are on their way to Jupiter to find out what happened to the first expedition...

In this book Clarke almost flawless...more...]]> 3 0 true false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 18:38:34 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 18:41:34 -0800 2009
It does what good Science fiction should do.......more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Fri Mar 20 12:38:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 12:47:33 -0700 2009
2010 partially cracks open the mystery of what happened to the crew of the Discovery, although the ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 30 19:31:22 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 22:48:59 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 18:52:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Thu Jun 11 16:43:42 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 11:24:45 -0800 2009 2 2010, I plowed into this novel. In hindsight, Clarke was never going to outdo his masterful work on 2001. Still this is a great odyssey in its own right.

This book instilled in me a fascination for...more...]]>