I realize I can have some more of these and hope to pick up the next books in the series at some point in the future. The book felt like a slow climb whose peaks were worth it, even if the staggering views from those peaks were for a shorter duration. And sometimes, dispassionately, they had to weed.’ They became farmers in the field of stars they sowed, and sometimes they reaped. 1 The novel was adapted for the screen and released as a film in 1984. It is the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1983. : Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraftto search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrongand what became of Commander Dave Bowman. Clarke, which was published in January 1982. ‘…And because, in all the Galaxy, they had found nothing more precious than Mind, they encouraged its dawning everywhere. 2010: Odyssey Two is a best-selling science fiction novel by Arthur C. The ideas and plot really took off only in the last quarter, but I personally found the story engaging throughout.Īn ‘oh wow’ moment was when I came across the following passage, highlighted it, found it to be familiar, and revisited 2001: A Space Odyssey to discover that the passage had been penned there as well, and that I had highlighted it back then as well. Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to search. The expansion on the monoliths and HAL’s story line from 2001 were interesting builds. Yet again, the descriptions of space phenomena, of Jupiter and its moons, and the technology was exceptional – the scientifically accurate portions as well as the imaginative ones. Clarke attempted to make this as much of a standalone as possible, but I think it helps to have read/watched 2001 first before picking this up. This collection, originally published in 1962, includes the following: 'I Remember Babylon' 'Summertime on Icarus' 'Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting. The low expectation owing to diminishing returns perhaps helped. Quite enjoyed this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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