2061: Odyssey Three
In 2061, Heywood Floyd must once again confront Dave Bowman, a newly independent HAL, and the limitless power of an unseen alien race that has decided that Mankind is to play a role in the evolution of the galaxy--whether it wants to or not. Continuing the spellbinding excitement begun in 2001: A...
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In 2061, Heywood Floyd must once again confront Dave Bowman, a newly independent HAL, and the limitless power of an unseen alien race that has decided that Mankind is to play a role in the evolution of the galaxy--whether it wants to or not. Continuing the spellbinding excitement begun in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780345351739 (0345351738)
Publish date: November 12th 1987
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 279
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)
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.
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...
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...
Not that great, but still not bad. Could have been better if some of the chapters weren't so short.
Blah, blah, blah. I totally lost interest thirty seconds after I put it down.
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