**spoiler alert** 2001: a space odyssey is a very intresting book that many do consider one of the best science fiction novels of all time. When i saw...more**spoiler alert** 2001: a space odyssey is a very intresting book that many do consider one of the best science fiction novels of all time. When i saw the movie i fell in love with it right away kubrick's and clarke's vision of this story was amazing. though thebook is different then the film, the film is more of the visual aspect of the story and the book dwells more into the acutaly story so to murge these two things together made this a great story oif science fiction. from going from the dawn of man(the beggining of the book with all the monkeys) to going to the exploration part with HAL and his murders and his secrets to goign to jupiter where the main charecter gets transformed into a zen likeness of the universe by alien technology. so the book is very good at describing the relationship between HAl and the alien artifact, a thing that the film doesent dwell to much into. this book also gives you more of "monkeys" story it goes inside of the minds of these primative man like creatures. so im my point of view 2001: a space odyssey is indeed one of the greateast science fiction stories of all time.2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey(less)