3001: The Final Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #4) by Arthur C. Clarke — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists

Jean rated it it was ok
5 months ago

Shelves: read-authors-c-d , sf-speculative

3001: The Final Odyssey is ultimately a flawed book, written to end a series which has sadly become increasingly redundant. Sad? Yes, because Arthur C. Clarke was a phenomenally good scientist with a lively imagination and the ability to craft very readable novels.

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Henry Avila rated it liked it
about 4 years ago

The 4th and last of the 2001 series. Dr.Heywood Floyd is not in this novel.Even the eternal, good doctor, can't live 1,000 years.But Frank Poole, that's a horse of a different color.Frank's body is floating, floating,being pushed out into the limitless universe.Gently mov... Read full review

Daavid rated it it was amazing
9 months ago

Shelves: adventure , arthur-c-clarke , british-writing , fiction , jewish-characters , science-fiction , to-be-read-in-this-life-done , owned-read

Fourth and the final book in the Space Odyssey saga. It was astonishing, as this book too, continues to pour the wonders and awesomeness of evolution, and future-tech alike. Unlike in Book three (2061), which lacked anything about the advancements in technology, this book... Read full review

Navi rated it it was ok
over 5 years ago

Shelves: disappointing , classics , sci-fi

It's both amusing and sad when a book series falls flat on its face during its final leaps. The Odyssey series is, unfortunately, one of these. Except instead of attempting to get back up and trying to pretend its fall never happened, 3001 wallows in the failure, followin... Read full review

Daniel rated it really liked it
11 months ago

Shelves: owned-books

I jos jedna knjiga koju mi je tesko oceniti. Sa jedne strane imamo odlican opis moguce buducnosti (vrlo pozitivna buducnost) prikazane kroz oci nekoga ko dolazi iz naseg vremena. Ideje i nivo detalja u tom delu su odlicni iprosto raspiruju mastu.

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Hope rated it did not like it
almost 9 years ago

They told me - don't bother reading 3001, it's not worth it. I knew they were right. But partially from a need to complete the series, and partially out of morbid curiosity, I read it anyway.

It's awful. It's only saving grace is being just 112 pages. There are a few beau... Read full review

Perry Whitford rated it liked it
almost 2 years ago

Of the two astronauts awake on the spaceship Discovery when the super-computer HAL went nuts, Frank Poole certainly drew the short straw. While Dave Bowman ended up an immortal extraterrestrial hybrid with the powers of a god, poor Poole ended up left for dead and floatin... Read full review

Μιτς Γιωτίξ rated it liked it
about 1 year ago

Copy pasting from previous books instead of writing new descriptions, progressing the story only on the last 30-40 pages and closing this awesome series with a bland ending. Needless to say, it was a kind of a let down, unlike the first and second books which were AMAZING... Read full review

Efka rated it it was amazing
over 1 year ago

Shelves: sci-fi

A great ending of a series. And it's even more astonishing that Arthur C. Clarke managed to end his famous series by writing an utopia, which is not so very common a genre, isn't it? It's short, but it's really well done and the reason of taking us to the year 3001 is bri... Read full review

Todd rated it liked it
over 5 years ago

Shelves: science-fiction

The late Arthur C. Clarke is one of my favorite science fiction writers and 2001: A Space Odyssey, based on an earlier short story of his, The Sentinel (1948), has always been something of a spiritual experience for me, even though I am not prone to spiritual experiences.... Read full review