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    2061: Odyssey Three

    Written by Arthur C. Clarke

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    Arthur C. Clark, creator of one of the world's best-loved science fiction tales, revisits the most famous future ever imagined in this NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, as two expeditions into space become inextricably tangled. Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monloiths, must again confront Dave Bowman, HAL, and an alien race that has decided that Mankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether it wishes to or not.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 12, 2012
    ISBN9780449806784
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    Arthur C. Clarke

    Born in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over sixty books, among which are the science fiction classics ‘2001, A Space Odyssey’, ‘Childhood’s End’, ‘The City and the Stars’ and ‘Rendezvous With Rama’. He has won all the most prestigious science fiction trophies, and shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of the film of 2001. He was knighted in 1998. He passed away in March 2008.

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    • 3/5
      At times this story seems out of place with the rest of the odyssey series. At other times this story seems to take on a special significance. We learn more about a burgeoning new race evolving right in our solar system and we learn more about the monoliths. The pacing seems a little off in this installment of the series, starting slowly and ending quickly. Overall I think it is the lightest of the series, the one book that doesn?t really need to be their except for the enjoyment of fans. Besides its slight flaws, 2061 is still an excellent read and part of one of the best series ever written.
    • 3/5
      Even though the Monolith only played a minor role in this one, the end has left me wanting for more and I'm immediately going to jump on 3001. The journey was still a good one, Clarke's writing was and is just visionary.
    • 3/5
      Fun because it's a lot more trippy than 2010. Lighter than 2001; I think I enjoy re-reading this one more for that very reason. I like the space-race type plot going on here. Who'll get to Jupiter first? And then... poor Jupiter.
    • 3/5
      Easy reading, following Clarke's odissey sequels. No surprises, good mix of science speculation, humanism and "classical" sci-fi in the style of authors like Clarke and Asimoov.
    • 3/5
      Something starts to happen in this book, but it's not clear what it is. I suppose the explanation awaits in the next book in the series. It was good however, to meet our old friends, Dave, HAL, and Dr. Floyd again.
    • 1/5
      Forgettable. Read Rendevous with Rama instead.
    • 4/5
      I read this in one day in the fall of '87 when I should have been studying for an astronomy exam. I couldn't put it down. The play on the Beatles, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (as I was undergoing a temporary late adolescent Beatles phase) I found particularly fascinating. The idea of landing on a comet may not have been the most original sci-fi plot point, but at least the descriptions of what landing on a comet (and what a comet would look like) were creative and compelling...unlike that horrible movie, Armageddon. I'm surprised both by the relatively low average rating and Isaac Asimov's high praise for this work. One of Clarke's last novels in which he still had something interesting to say.
    • 3/5
      What in the heck happened? I think Clark had some kind of new-age re-awakening which manifested itself in 2061 as a completely befuddling metaphysical mess.
    • 3/5
      Even though all 3 Odissey books Clarkes are in my opinion very much worth reading and far from a waste of time, they do however slowly slip from the highpowered drama cast of in the first book. However, reading all three books would never be considered a waste of timer in my opinion. Just don?t demand to much. After all, 2001 was a masterpiece in it?s own right and the other two came just as further explanations to the drama.
    • 4/5
      Great follow up to 2010. It ended a bit quick though is the only criticism.
    • 4/5
      Worth reading!
    • 4/5
      A fine sequel!
    • 5/5
      In brief, this is the continuation of the tale begun in 2001 - A Space Odyssey. Perhaps it's not as revolutionary as 2001 but for me it made clear some of the scenes in that book. But I've loved everything this man has written so I'm not an impartial judge.
    • 3/5
      Disappointed that he aligned his sequels with the films, rather than keeping the plot centered on Saturn.
    • 4/5
      ...And because in all the galaxy, they had found nothing more precious than Mind, they encouraged its dawning everywhere. They became farmers in the fields of stars; they sowed, and sometimes they reaped.And sometimes, dispassionately, they had to weed. Heywood Floyd and a crew of Russian astronauts are on a mission to the outer reaches of our solar system to retrieve a dilapidated spaceship and to salvage whatever information that was left behind by the long dead crew of the Discovery. Furthermore, they are to monitor and study the twin monolith, dubbed Big Brother that has been circulating Jupiter since the discovery of an exact replica was unearthed on Earth's moon. The mission should be a routine event with their objectives clearly defined and outlined by mission control on earth but everything begins to unravel when Floyd receives an ominous warning from a crew member on the Discovery, who should by all accounts be dead. With an unknown threat forcing the team to abort the mission early, the crew of the Russian spaceship Leonov unexpectedly become front row spectators in the cataclysmic destruction of Jupiter and the creation of a new star within our own solar system. The question of whether we are truly alone in the universe is answered; the answer a loud and resounding no.The second instalment of Odyssey series is just as good, if not better than 2001: A Space Odyssey. Questions and mysteries left unanswered in the first book are explained in 2010, but like any compelling story, events that transpire in the book lead us to ask even more questions. The subtle presence of an intelligence higher than our own creates an enjoyable tension that undoubtedly will leave me searching for the explanations in the subsequent followup books in the series. I have a sense, the journey is just beginning and I can't wait to see how Clarke will resolve the age old question - are we alone, and if we are not, who is out there and what do they want with us?
    • 4/5
      Although this book is more of a sequel to the movie than the book, it is a good follow up to 2001. This book, in my opinion, is way better than the movie 2010. The movie leaves out huge chunks of the book, as well as changing some things, and also makes the relationship between the Americans and the Soviets more heated.
    • 3/5
      A good book which closely follows the structure, if not the content, of its predecessor. It's actually based on the version of events which takes place in the movie version of 2001: A Space Odyssey which are significantly different than the events in the book. This slight schizophrenia aside, the book is a solid work that presents a solid, otherwise hard scifi story with just a hint of the fantastic. Despite the very similar structure it avoids mere repetition. I enjoyed but did not love this book.
    • 3/5
      The story of the Russian-American mission to Jupiter to retrieve the Discovery, find out why HAL went crazy, and study the huge monolith orbiting Io. It's an interesting story, but padded out by too many passages lifted directly from "2001: A Space Odyssey". There is even a passage describing the four largest moons of Jupiter that occurs twice, almost unchanged; first when the Leonov arrives, and again when the Star Child visits the same moons. It just seems a bit lazy to me.
    • 4/5
      A sequel more to the film of 2001: A Space Odyssey than to the accompanying novel, 2010 returns us to Jupiter in an attempt to recover the abandoned spaceship Discovery and attempt to determine what went wrong with HAL, what happened to astronaut David Bowman and to investigate the monolith. Along the way we discover life on Europa and almost supernatural events begin to occur.While this novel includes some of Clarke's trademark "big ideas" about science and the future, this is more of a plot driven thriller set in space than a philosophizing meditation on the nature of humanity. True, questions about what it means to be human, in relationship to the artificial intelligence of HAL, do arise, but seem secondary to the narrative propelling the plot. Not that there's anything wrong with that.Fans of the original book and film will appreciate and enjoy this sequel, though those familiar with the film made from this book will find several details changed, the largest being the state of near-war between the US and USSR in the film does not exist in the book.While not nearly the masterpiece of science fiction which 2001 was, 2010 is a captivating sequel told in a fast pace and easy-going voice. Recommended for fans of good quality science fiction, though most of them have probably read it.
    • 4/5
      A good follow up to the first book. The first is s masterpiece without any real character development, while this book is not a masterpiece, it has much better character development and was very enjoyable to read. I was confused at first why the author chose Jupiter for the site of the book, rather than Saturn like the first book did, but then I read the foreword, where Clarke explains that he made this change to both match the movie and current scientific knowledge. This didn't detract any from the book. It was still smart, fascinating and fun to read.
    • 5/5
      I found this to be a wonderful sequel to 2001. I enjoy Clarke's writing style and I enjoy that this novel really highlights the SCIENCE in science fiction without becoming gimmicky or name dropping. I'm looking forward to reading 2061 and 3001 after reading this.
    • 4/5
      I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It slows down about half way through but picks up again towards the end. Amazing how much Arthur Clark got right about modern technology all those years ago.
    • 4/5
      The first sequel to Clarke's stunning Space Odyssey series, 2010 takes us on a second journey to the distant Solar worlds. In a retroactive change, instead of Saturn, Discovery One is now floating around Jupiter.Floyd, from the first book, as well as Chandra and several soviet cosmonauts, set off on a journey to Jupiter to investigate what happened to Bowman when his transmissions ceased.It is here that they discover more than just an abandoned space ship. They discover an event that will change the Solar system as they know it.This book brings more insight into the Star Child, as well as a glimpse into extra terrestrial intelligence. Clark is able to write convincing characters dealing with plausible science problems, and his books never cease to be entertaining. I recommend this book to you if you enjoyed the first one, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
    • 3/5
      Nope, there shouldn't have been a sequel to 2001. Leaving aside the fact that this book uses the events of the movie as its background rather than the events of the previous novel (did Clarke think Kubrick was a better author than he?), this book is anti-climactic. One of the great appeals of 2001 was the aura of mystery. Not everything was explained. The reader was left to guess what this next leap in the evolution of mankind was about. 2010: Odyssey Two brings it all back to the mundane. This book was well-enough written, but that's not enough to make up for what it does to our sense of 2001.
    • 5/5
      The best of the four "Odyssey" books by Clarke, I think. I couldn't put it down, and was slightly saddened when it was over. Easily a staple for anyone with any appreciation for good science fiction.
    • 3/5
      I can't remember anything of the movie it has been so long since I have seen it, so...This is not a sequel to the book 2001; it is the sequel to the movie 2001. This is an important difference because just having read 2001 the day before, that even with the foreword explaining this I was a bit put out by the fact that things had shifted from Saturn to Jupiter. This I can accept and deal with, the only issue I have with this is that there were a few details of what happened with HAL that were different between the 2001 movie and the book that now being more familiar with the book left me confused.Therefore if you are to read this and are not fluent with the film 2001 I suggest you watch it before reading this.Now onto the book itself.Uninspiring. I worry that people new to science fiction will read something like this and be put off. Yes it's average hard sci-fi, but nothing really stood out as being that interesting. I guess the reason I was unimpressed is because the characterisation was really nothing much to write about; there was no exceptional sense of mystery that wasn't blatantly engineered.On it's good points I liked the description of the Europan life forms, I was hoping more development would be done on this, but seemingly as part of some grander scheme Clarke had in mind, this was left undeveloped.
    • 3/5
      good book, got this one after reading 2001, but thought 2001 was better, althought i liked the way the 2nd sun 'lucifer' was created.
    • 3/5
      This was an imaginative and entertaining yarn, with more laughs than I expected from Mr. Clarke, but there was no grand conflict or peril to propel the story.
    • 2/5
      Definitely the worst book in the Space Odyssey series. Much of the story is about a mission to a comet that has nothing to do with the monoliths, HAL, or Dave Bowman. The story picks up somewhat near the end, explaining a bit about the monolith on Europa, but ends with a vague cliffhanger before anything really interesting can happen. This book is only worth reading for the small amount of background leading to 3001: The Final Odyssey, which is a much better novel.

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    • 4/5
      I was hesitant about this novel when I started reading it. It begins with the slightly contrived circumstance allowing Dr. Heywood Floyd to still be an active participant at the age of 103. But that's a small pill to swallow to get to the rest of the book.

      As in [book: 2010], there are no ordinary people, so the characters are all engaging, believable, and fascinating.

      The over-arching plot is a bit contrived, which I can entirely forgive, especially since it's not very noticeable while read it. The storyline exists to tie together some great action, some outstanding character development, and some beautiful depictions of outer space, which is fine by me. I was entranced :)

      I have two complaints: First, the story doesn't so much end, as fray away, with one thread that seems to scream "I'll grow up to be a sequel!" That's a let down after an otherwise engaging read. The second, and it seems to be a trend, is liberal self-plagarization. Yes, it was a lovely description in 2001, but you didn't have to lift it, whole-cloth, for this novel.

      That being said, this novel is well worth reading. Partly to get more of his descriptions of space, and partly out of curiosity, I'll almost certainly read [book: 3001: The Final Odyssey] soon.