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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

by Arthur C. Clarke

Read in March 2012

The opening scene , a tribe of ape- men ,in Africa,finding a strange gyrating monolith .Another rock to these few primitives, at first.But after the light show,the tribe is fascinated.It teaches them how to make and use tools.Kill animals and prev... Read full review

Tony Your review makes absolutely no sense.

Henry Avila Neither does the novel until you think about it.

Kurt Reichenbaugh I liked this book a lot. It put me on a bit of a sci-fi kick with Clarke afterward.

Henry Avila Clarke was a sensational writer and very knowledgeable about science and space.

Mark fascinating review

Mark oh and great response *2

Henry Avila Thanks Mark,I'll soon read the 4th and last of the 2001 series.

Henry Avila Thanks again Joyce.It's always nice to get a compliment.

ParreP Book was great until the ending, hated the shit about him becoming god...

Henry Avila The last three books of the series, tell a different story, Parrep.

D Edward This was a review of the movie, not the book. The movie made a number of changes to accommodate technical limitations of the day. In the book, the monolith was transparent, with moving lights and shapes within it. Also, in the novel that Arthur C. Clarke wrote, the spacecraft went to Saturn, not Jupiter. The special effects of the 1960s were not able to represent these well, hence the changes. The movie was brilliant, and tells the story almost entirely visually with only about 20 minutes of dialogue. The book has much more exposition, and ultimately answers questions where the movie leaves tantalizing mysteries in place.

Henry Avila In the novel 2010,Clarke points out in his notes, that he changed the setting from Saturn to Jupiter to match the film.But not for any technical reasons,but simply to avoid confusion.As I stated in my 2010 review.And this review of 2001,I clearly wrote the setting is Saturn and its moon Japetus. The monolith becomes black and the planet Jupiter in the sequels. I've corrected any false or misleading information,Henry Avila.

Brett Chaney my explanation of the end. *spoiler alert* He becomes an ascended member of a more advanced race which has a base of operations on a particular moon in our solar system, as he has either been deemed worthy, or simply by thinking his thoughts he ascended... and it appears this race guards and protects earth and earth life

Henry Avila That sounds right,Brett.

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