I read 2001: A Space Odyssey when I was a teenager and knew it was a very influential work of fiction because of the film and all the attention it had received. Still, though I found it very entertaining, I did not really get it.
Wanda
I don't remember the Ahab references. I may have to read this again (she says, looking for an excuse).
2 years ago
Lyn
I'll need to revisit again too, I think this is that kind of book, thanks for the comment
2 years ago
Lyn
Well, now I am thinking about it too, maybe I need to go back and check, thanks for the comment Beth, and to read Moby Dick again would be a worthwhile project as well
2 years ago
Lyn
I have just been searching too, I'm trying to remember, I think maybe there were allusions to Melville, or maybe I was just making the connections that some of these other critics noticed, that the monolith was a symbol for the white whale. Anyway, this was a great book, they both are and I could read them both again and likely will. Thanks again for the comments
2 years ago
Lyn
Thanks for the recommendation, I have not read that but I will
Dawn
I too read this novel as a young adult and found your reflection on the experience of re-reading it later in life to be very interesting. Thanks for the thoughtful review!
11 months ago
Lyn
Thanks Dawn! I may even re-read again, this one is that good
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Randy
There are some interesting film analysis videos about 2001 by Rob Ager/Collative Learning on YouTube that you might enjoy - I found that they gave me additional insights about the film and the book (which were developed at the same time)
Denis
Absolutely one of the best of the genre. I got to see a film version on the big screen recently at "TIFF" (Toronto International Film Festival). So so good.
Denis
Besides re-watching the movie - worth doing so every half decade or so, if you can get a hold of "The Lost Worlds of 2001". It really explains well how the novel and the film were created simultaneously. That this was definitely a collaborative work by Clarke and Kubrick, that ended up being both similar and different in the end.
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~☆~Autumn♥♥☽Wanda wrote: "I don't remember the Ahab references. I may have to read this again (she says, looking for an excuse)."
I don't remember them either but had to read the book after seeing the movie. I enjoyed the movie far more than the book. I thought his book about the space elevator was his best one from what little I read of his work.
I read 2001: A Space Odyssey when I was a teenager and knew it was a very influential work of fiction because of the film and all the attention it had received. Still, though I found it very entertaining, I did not really get it.
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I tried to read 2001 . . . when I was young, and got tangled in the science very early.
I always have wanted to return to it; and, of course, now seems a perfect time.
Again, much thanks.
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I don't remember them either but had to read the book after seeing the movie. I enjoyed the movie far more than the book. I thought his book about the space elevator was his best one from what little I read of his work.
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You will enjoy it. Wish I could think of the title.
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