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2061: Odyssey Three

by: Arthur C. Clarke (author)

2001: A Space Odyssey was the classic story that told of man's destiny in space.
2010: Odyssey Two pushed back the frontiers of human imagination still further.
Now, 2061: Odyssey Three tells of humanity's evolution towards the stars...

In 2061, when two Suns share the skies of Earth, Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System. Soon the fates of two spacefaring expeditions are entwined by human necessity and the immutable laws of astrophysics. Centenarian Heywood Floyd must once again confront Dave Bowman, a newly independent HAL and the limitless power of an alien race that has decided humanity must play a part in the evolution of the galaxy - whether it wants to or not...

2061: Odyssey Three
takes the century's greastest story on to brilliant new dimensions of wonder and excitement. This is visionary storytelling at its compelling, mind-expanding best.

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Format: paperback

Publish date: 1989

Publisher: GRAFTON BOOKS

Pages no: 302

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Science Fiction, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Space, Speculative Fiction

Series: Space Odyssey (#3)

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phani rated it

10 years ago

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This is the third book I have read by Clarke. Other two were 2001 and 2010.As far the book is concerned, it felt more like creating a base for some thing larger. Compared to 2001 and 2010 this is a disappointment. Other than few small suspenses, there is no major suspense in the story.

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Farnaz rated it

11 years ago

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text 2061: Odyssey Three

The spacecraft the Universe went to the comet the Halley. The astronauts discovered there life. The ship Galaxy is crashed onto the Europe, the prohibited satellite of the Jupiter, now Lucifer after transforming to the new star which was named Lucifer. The authorities on Earth ordered the Universe t...

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Booklog rated it

12 years ago

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text 2061: ODYSSEY THREE

This series is very rapidly taking a nose-dive. 2061 continues the story of Heywood Floyd as he returns to Earth in the wake of the Leonov mission and tries to find some meaning in his life in his elder years. The first half of 2061 reads like a novel of exploration. Floyd is tapped to be part of an...

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