2061
Odyssey Three
Readers rate it 3.5 (204 on Hardcover)
254 pages · Released 1988 · Grafton
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2061 is a hard science fiction novel that continues Clarke's Odyssey series with sophisticated themes about humanity's place in the cosmos and the nature of consciousness. While intellectually challenging and focused on exploration and wonder rather than action, it contains some unsettling moments and existential dread that may challenge younger readers. The book rewards curiosity about science and philosophy but requires comfort with abstract concepts and slower pacing.
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A re-visitation of the imaginative future painted by Arthur C. Clarke in his previous two books [2001: A Space Odyssey][1] and [2010: Odyssey two][2]. Two expeditions into space are inextricably tangled by human necessity and the immutable laws of physics. Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the... A re-visitation of the imaginative future painted by Arthur C. Clarke in his previous two books [2001: A Space Odyssey][1] and [2010: Odyssey two][2]. Two expeditions into space are inextricably tangled by human necessity and the immutable laws of physics. Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths must once again confront David Bowman - or whatever Bowman has become - a newly independent HAL, and the power of an alien race that has decided Humanity is to play a part in the Evolution of the Galaxy whether it wishes to or not. [1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL17365W/2001 [2]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL17413W/2010
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- Extraterrestrial beings
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- Long Now Manual for Civilization
- Space vehicles
- Human-computer interaction
- Fiction, science fiction, general
- English literature
- Twenty-first century
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ISBN 9780586203194 · Grafton