2010: Odyssey Two
Format: library binding
ISBN:
9780606002646 (0606002642)
Publish date: February 1984
Publisher: Demco Media
Pages no: 335
Edition language: English
Series: Space Odyssey (#2)
In 2010 we head back out to Jupiter to retrieve the abandoned Discovery and further investigate the monolith, or whatever you want to call it. Yes, that’s Jupiter not Saturn because Clarke decided to follow the film canon for 2001 rather than the book. I was a little disappointed by this but I’ll ce...
Po nadrobieniu zaległości w dziedzinie klasyki, jaką bez wątpienia była „2001. Odyseja kosmiczna” głupio tak by było porzucić ledwo napoczętą serię. Dlatego też bez większej zwłoki najpierw obejrzałem film, który jednak był pierwowzorem dla książki, a następnie rozpocząłem lekturę kolejnej części. J...
The book was really good. Reading this was as if a revision of things i learnt about space long time ago. Loved the way the worlds are described and the way ship was maneuvered around IO and Jupiter.
A rescue spaceship, Leonov with the USA, Russian and Indian cosmonauts is launched toward the Jovian satellite IO where they would save the abandoned ship the Discovery from the collision with the IO. The Chinese ship, Tsien wants to be the first. They planned a trick, they first went to the Europ...
With 2010, Arthur C. Clarke's ability to write interesting, believable, and likable characters has improved dramatically, particularly compared to the cardboard cutouts from Rendezvous with Rama, and the similarly bland characters (with the exception of HAL) from 2001. The book also does a great job...
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