I did not expect a book on extra-terrestrial life to leave me thinking about the evolution of mankind.
You won't find any alien action here, no war-of-the-worlds scenario. Instead, 2001 is a book that relies on the sheer strength of ideas - which i...
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Jill
ooh! Excited to see if you like this. Hopefully not another sci-fi disaster à la 5th wave!
4 years ago
Scarlet
One chapter down and I'm intrigued. The writing doesn't hurt my brain and I sense no insta-love in the future so this should go well ;) Still, fingers crossed.
4 years ago
Samadrita
In proper sci fi books there are usually no insta-loves, trust me! In fact there's no love at all.
4 years ago
Scarlet
"Proper sci-fi" - that's exactly what this book is!! This is going to be good, I can tell :)
4 years ago
Jill
This sounds SO good! I got the other sci-fi book Samadrita recommended--Contact by Sagan--at the library yesterday and now I'm wondering if I picked the wrong one to start with!
4 years ago
SamadritaJill wrote: "This sounds SO good! I got the other sci-fi book Samadrita recommended--Contact by Sagan--at the library yesterday and now I'm wondering if I picked the wrong one to start with!"
Contact is BRILLIANT, Jill. See I typed that in caps to convince you. Better start with Contact since you already have it and write a kickass review to convince Scarlet to read it as well. :P
4 years ago
ScarletSamadrita wrote: "Better start with Contact since you already have it and write a kickass review to convince Scarlet to read it as well. :P "
Scarlet does not need a lot of convincing to read Contact! :P
And Jill, The Fifth Wave now seems like an insult to sci-fi! I'm tempted to downgrade it to 1-star ;)
But do review Contact when you're done. Hope it turns out great!
4 years ago
Samadrita
You know what I hate the most? That Carl Sagan did not write any other science fiction apart from Contact. All his other books are works of non-fiction.
4 years ago
Jill
Well, if there is anything positive that came from the 5th Wave catastrophe, it's that we all united in an effort to read good and proper sci-fi.
I will definitely review Contact when I'm done with it. And Samadrita, even though that's a shame about Sagan's limited fiction output, the reason it's probably good sci-fi is that he had such strong academic background in physics and astronomy. A potential silver lining, perhaps.
4 years ago
Scarlet
Yes, The Fifth Wave has made us appreciate sci-fi, I agree :) I'm sure Contact will be great!
4 years ago
SamadritaJill wrote: "And Samadrita, even though that's a shame about Sagan's limited fiction output, the reason it's probably good sci-fi is that he had such strong academic background in physics and astronomy. A potential silver lining, perhaps."
Exactly. The ideas propounded in Contact ring so true. Arthur C. Clarke was an inspiration to Sagan and in 2001, Clarke mentions Sagan in the acknowledgements at the end of the book. At least in my edition there was this special essay by Clarke in which he mentions Kubrick and Sagan and Heinlein. Stalwarts of sci fi. :)
4 years ago
Sharon
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I still haven't read the book, but I really must one day. For some reason I think the book came out after the movie. In any case, you can find websites that discuss the ending. I hope you get the chance to see the movie some day because it's fantastic!
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Contact is BRILLIANT, Jill. See I typed that in caps to convince you.
Better start with Contact since you already have it and write a kickass review to convince Scarlet to read it as well. :P
4 years ago
Scarlet does not need a lot of convincing to read Contact! :P
And Jill, The Fifth Wave now seems like an insult to sci-fi! I'm tempted to downgrade it to 1-star ;)
But do review Contact when you're done. Hope it turns out great!
4 years ago
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I will definitely review Contact when I'm done with it. And Samadrita, even though that's a shame about Sagan's limited fiction output, the reason it's probably good sci-fi is that he had such strong academic background in physics and astronomy. A potential silver lining, perhaps.
4 years ago
I'm sure Contact will be great!
4 years ago
Exactly. The ideas propounded in Contact ring so true. Arthur C. Clarke was an inspiration to Sagan and in 2001, Clarke mentions Sagan in the acknowledgements at the end of the book. At least in my edition there was this special essay by Clarke in which he mentions Kubrick and Sagan and Heinlein. Stalwarts of sci fi. :)
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3 years ago
You might try Clarke's Childhood's End, which I thought was a mind-blower at age 15 (and I read 2001 when I was 12-13).
The 1953 "SF Community" awarded the Hugo to Childhood. In 1969, 2001 was not even nominated.
(this may speak more to the time(s) than to more modern more literary sensibilities).
3 years ago