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2061: Odyssey Three
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by Arthur C. Clarke
Sales Rank: 118652
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List Price: $14.95
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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Del Rey February 25, 1997
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345413989
ISBN-13: 978-0345413987
Product Dimensions:
8.1 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
From Library Journal
Fifty years after the alien message forbidding humans to approach the moon Europa, an expedition to Halley's Comet is forced to violate the prohibition in the name of mercy. Though lacking the lyrical prose of The Songs of Distant Earth , Clarke's latest addition to the story begun in 2001: a space odyssey will entertain fans of the "black monolith." For large sf collections. JC
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
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.
From the Paperback edition.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: 2061: Odyssey Three (Mass Market Paperback)
I bought this books at the same time I bought "Childhood's End", "2010: Odyssey Two" and "Rendezvous with Rama", having read these three pieces straight, one per day, and being left with a sense of absolute wonder at the pondering the brilliant mind of Mr. Clarke makes us travel through, I was expecting to read this book uner the same vein. Unfortunately, that did not happen, at least for me. (Note that just because one does not like something, does not mean the object in question is bad) 2061, has nothing new to offer to the series, and although we have a chance to take a look at what's going on in Europa, you could skip this book and wouldn't miss any vital information. As a matter of fact, at the end of the book I was so uninterested at the situation, that I no longer remember the ending. If you, just like I used to, think that you need to read this book in order to understand 3001, just as you need to read 2010 to understand 2061 and 2001 to realise what's going on in 2010, the truth is that you don't have to. Of course, someone out there might like this book, just like some of the reviews below show, so, give it a try, you might like it after all.
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