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Del Rey (1988), Mass Market Paperback
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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:This New York Times�??bestselling chapter in the Hugo Award�??winning Space Odyssey series is "intriguing and satisfying . . . the all-round best Odyssey so far" (Kirkus Reviews). The third book in Clarke's beloved Space Odyssey continues the story of Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths and the alien intelligences behind them. Floyd is chosen as one of a handful of celebrity guests to witness the first manned touchdown on the surface of Halley's Comet on the privately-owned spaceship Universe. But on Jupiter's moon Europa, scientists have spotted the sudden appearance of a single diamond the size of a mountain�??a fragment of Jupiter's core. When the spaceship Galaxy is hijacked and forced to crash into Europa's ocean, the Universe is diverted from its original mission to rescue the crew. Now Heywood Floyd must once again survive an encounter with HAL, David Bowman, and the mysterious monolith-building race with its own inscrutable agenda to shape the destiny of the hu… (more)
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LibraryThing member absurdeist
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
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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. Show Less
LibraryThing member paradoxosalpha
In his foreword to 2061: Odyssey Three, Arthur C. Clarke wrote that scientific advances kept this book from being a "linear sequel" having "perfect consistency" with the previous volume, let alone the original 2001 (vii). Unlike the case of the first book, though, he did not allow the changes in
Despite teasing out at great length a plot reveal regarding Mount Zeus on the Jovian moon Europa, this book does not have the sort of cosmic "punch" of either of the two previous volumes. It is a pleasant read, though. By 2061, interplanetary travel is on its way to being routinized as a luxury product, and we are treated to centenarian Floyd hobnobbing with the cultural elite.
The story stirs in some normalized homosexuality in the persons of Floyd's longtime friends George and Jerry. And there is a curious little thumbnail history of gay military conquerors in Chapter 40 "Monsters from Earth." By Clarke's standards, he was really tipping his hand here, but I can't help noticing that Delany had already written Flight from Nevèrÿon a couple of years earlier.
Clarke thought the Beatles would descend into obscurity by 2061 (220). I suppose that will be true in the event of a civilizational collapse, but not in the interplanetary expansion of the Anglosphere that this book contemplates.
I have been attending to esoteric readings of the Odyssey Sequence, and while this volume seems to have less to offer on that front, there is some packed into the final chapters.2061 is the year Heywood Floyd becomes a Secret Chief, just as Dave Bowman had in 2001 and HAL in 2010. There is also a strong suggestion that the artificial star Lucifer presides over an apocalyptic Millennium from 2001 to 3001.
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the cinematic version of 2010 to usurp the narrative of this novel. The fate of the Chinese exploratory vessel Tsien, so important to the second book and omitted from the film, is still a fact in this third book.Despite teasing out at great length a plot reveal regarding Mount Zeus on the Jovian moon Europa, this book does not have the sort of cosmic "punch" of either of the two previous volumes. It is a pleasant read, though. By 2061, interplanetary travel is on its way to being routinized as a luxury product, and we are treated to centenarian Floyd hobnobbing with the cultural elite.
The story stirs in some normalized homosexuality in the persons of Floyd's longtime friends George and Jerry. And there is a curious little thumbnail history of gay military conquerors in Chapter 40 "Monsters from Earth." By Clarke's standards, he was really tipping his hand here, but I can't help noticing that Delany had already written Flight from Nevèrÿon a couple of years earlier.
Clarke thought the Beatles would descend into obscurity by 2061 (220). I suppose that will be true in the event of a civilizational collapse, but not in the interplanetary expansion of the Anglosphere that this book contemplates.
I have been attending to esoteric readings of the Odyssey Sequence, and while this volume seems to have less to offer on that front, there is some packed into the final chapters.
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LibraryThing member rjgutzeit
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
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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. Show Less
LibraryThing member texascheeseman
2061: Odyssey Three
Author: Arthur C Clarke
Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine Books
Publishing Date: 1987
Pgs: 279
Dewey: F CLA
Disposition: Irving Public Library - South Campus - Irving, TX
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REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
Two expeditions into space, inextricably
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Genre:
Science Fiction
Hard Science Fiction
Why this book:
Because I read the other two.
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The Feel:
This doesn’t feel like a proper sequel to the first two books. Same universe sure. But the situations, the characters, and their actions just don’t feel right.
Least Favorite Character:
Likable characters are thin on the ground to the point of nonexistence.
Plot Holes/Out of Character:
Considering the many and myriad things that Floyd has seen and done, this Halley's Comet reverence seems misplaced. It’s a comet. Comets are a dime a dozen. Halley’s only holds reverence because it was the first of the modern era that was as visible as it was. I see this as tantamount to astrology instead of astronomy.
Uhm...insurgents, secret agents, and counter-espionage elements implanted in a small spaceship crew doing science in Jupiter, re: Lucifer, orbit? We never find out who Rosie was working for or why. Her suicide mission doesn’t hold water in the overall plot of the book.
Tropes:
Clarke plays into the sci-fi trope of a one-world government. Based on what we've seen in the last century, the jingoistic tribalism of humanity is going to make that a pipe dream for centuries to come. I say that despite the European Union experiment. Let's just say that my opinion on the EU's durability is shaky, at best. Hope that it's the seed of something like the sci-fi trope, but I'm not confident when I look at things like Boris Johnson's UK, Trump's America, and Putin's Russia.
Uhm Moments:
Not sure whether Van Der Berg will be revealed as the BBG or a lesser antagonist or not, but in the preamble to the First Act, it is intimated that he might be, he disappears for the majority of the First Act and hasn't appeared in the Second despite being on the shipwreck. Of course, the same could be said of the Astropol officer, maybe, he could be a draftee in the right place at the right time. And supposedly Berg isn't aware that Rosie was going to do what she did, or is he? Too many questions. Not enough answers. Not a great mystery either.
Meh / PFFT Moments:
The Haley's Comet trip pads out the story as a distractor, and a page adder. The sidelight is unnecessary.
Using future South Africa as a political football is a bold choice considering what Apartheid was, hope Clarke didn't shoot himself in the foot by using that as a framing element in this story. Making your bad guys a South African terrorist organization named SHAKA is bad form.
Doesn't help that Clarke played his cards so close to the vest. The macguffin is a shadow that half the focused characters know about, but the reader is still in the dark halfway through the book. It's a meh point. It better live up to the skullduggery because if it doesn't, it'll be a sore spot when reviewing the plot. … …it’s a sore spot.
So, Rose did that and then did that. Really? That doesn't make a lotta damned sense. So despite Van Der Berg and his own secrets, there are secret agents, Rose wasn't alone is what Clarke is suggesting here. It's an unnecessary layer. She could've been the agent all the way through. Her death is an anticlimactic moment after the crash landing. The idea that espionage action millions of miles from Earth wouldn't have a landing spot picked out to force the ship down and would leave it to chance considering what Europa is in the 2001 space universe is asinine.
Shoehorned Titantic comparisons...really? Pfft.
The joyride to Haley's Comet rankles me. People absolutely would do something like that, especially in our age of multi-billionaire phallus measuring Space Barons.
The Sigh:
Elements of Clarke's writing are becoming dated and while in some instances dated science fiction calls up a bygone era and rocketships with fins and all that, hard science fiction like Clarke's when it becomes dated loses something.
Halfway through the book, the only character whose skin tone was mentioned in the description was Rosie. Surprised he resisted the urge to comment on her breasts in antigravity and their magnificence. Sigh.
The letter from home is a bit of everywhere. It doesn't make a lot of sense, the talk of despots and warlords and the implications.
A Path I Can’t Follow:
It was one sentence describing Rose McCullen, unnecessarily. It's nagging at me. And leaving me with the decision of whether it is annoying enough that I have to give up on this book and the rest of the series. I know Clarke was an old man. I know he was an old British expat living in Sri Lanka. I know he was an old, white British expat living in Sri Lanka. And I also, know that Rose is probably going to be an agent or counter-agent of one of the South African intelligence agencies, but her skin tone wasn't a necessary description...especially if that was the whole description. I was already doubting the characterization of someone who was on a mission to Jupiter orbit who was basically being presented as a cabin steward with no knowledge of space, orbits, etc, etc.
Suspension of Disbelief:
Not sure that I'm buying into the whole secret agents in hard science fiction space motif that this part of the story hinges on. Just feels off.
Turd in the Punchbowl:
"You sound like a damned cop." All they were doing was searching a room and discussing what to do about the pirate who had taken over the bridge and crashed the ship on the restricted moon Europa. And Clarke chose to drop this unattributed comment into the conversation. It's a turd in the punchbowl line. The character who said it isn't identified and the characters and their actions just roll on from that point. The editor should've caught this and either deleted it or convinced Clarke to massage it either into the narrative more organically or morphed it to fit closely with what was going on.
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Conclusions I’ve Drawn:
Not sure if I'll be back for The Final Odyssey. I've enjoyed each book. So, I probably will. I'm just not sure that Clarke can hold my interest for another 250+ pages. If I come back around for 3001, it'll be a while.
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Author: Arthur C Clarke
Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine Books
Publishing Date: 1987
Pgs: 279
Dewey: F CLA
Disposition: Irving Public Library - South Campus - Irving, TX
=======================================
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
Two expeditions into space, inextricably
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linked by human necessity and physics. Heywood Floyd, a survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths, must once again confront Dave Bowman—or whatever Bowman has become—a newly independent HAL, and the power of an alien race that has decided Mankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether it wishes to or not._________________________________________
Genre:
Science Fiction
Hard Science Fiction
Why this book:
Because I read the other two.
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The Feel:
This doesn’t feel like a proper sequel to the first two books. Same universe sure. But the situations, the characters, and their actions just don’t feel right.
Least Favorite Character:
Likable characters are thin on the ground to the point of nonexistence.
Plot Holes/Out of Character:
Considering the many and myriad things that Floyd has seen and done, this Halley's Comet reverence seems misplaced. It’s a comet. Comets are a dime a dozen. Halley’s only holds reverence because it was the first of the modern era that was as visible as it was. I see this as tantamount to astrology instead of astronomy.
Uhm...insurgents, secret agents, and counter-espionage elements implanted in a small spaceship crew doing science in Jupiter, re: Lucifer, orbit? We never find out who Rosie was working for or why. Her suicide mission doesn’t hold water in the overall plot of the book.
Tropes:
Clarke plays into the sci-fi trope of a one-world government. Based on what we've seen in the last century, the jingoistic tribalism of humanity is going to make that a pipe dream for centuries to come. I say that despite the European Union experiment. Let's just say that my opinion on the EU's durability is shaky, at best. Hope that it's the seed of something like the sci-fi trope, but I'm not confident when I look at things like Boris Johnson's UK, Trump's America, and Putin's Russia.
Uhm Moments:
Not sure whether Van Der Berg will be revealed as the BBG or a lesser antagonist or not, but in the preamble to the First Act, it is intimated that he might be, he disappears for the majority of the First Act and hasn't appeared in the Second despite being on the shipwreck. Of course, the same could be said of the Astropol officer, maybe, he could be a draftee in the right place at the right time. And supposedly Berg isn't aware that Rosie was going to do what she did, or is he? Too many questions. Not enough answers. Not a great mystery either.
Meh / PFFT Moments:
The Haley's Comet trip pads out the story as a distractor, and a page adder. The sidelight is unnecessary.
Using future South Africa as a political football is a bold choice considering what Apartheid was, hope Clarke didn't shoot himself in the foot by using that as a framing element in this story. Making your bad guys a South African terrorist organization named SHAKA is bad form.
Doesn't help that Clarke played his cards so close to the vest. The macguffin is a shadow that half the focused characters know about, but the reader is still in the dark halfway through the book. It's a meh point. It better live up to the skullduggery because if it doesn't, it'll be a sore spot when reviewing the plot. … …it’s a sore spot.
So, Rose did that and then did that. Really? That doesn't make a lotta damned sense. So despite Van Der Berg and his own secrets, there are secret agents, Rose wasn't alone is what Clarke is suggesting here. It's an unnecessary layer. She could've been the agent all the way through. Her death is an anticlimactic moment after the crash landing. The idea that espionage action millions of miles from Earth wouldn't have a landing spot picked out to force the ship down and would leave it to chance considering what Europa is in the 2001 space universe is asinine.
Shoehorned Titantic comparisons...really? Pfft.
The joyride to Haley's Comet rankles me. People absolutely would do something like that, especially in our age of multi-billionaire phallus measuring Space Barons.
The Sigh:
Elements of Clarke's writing are becoming dated and while in some instances dated science fiction calls up a bygone era and rocketships with fins and all that, hard science fiction like Clarke's when it becomes dated loses something.
Halfway through the book, the only character whose skin tone was mentioned in the description was Rosie. Surprised he resisted the urge to comment on her breasts in antigravity and their magnificence. Sigh.
The letter from home is a bit of everywhere. It doesn't make a lot of sense, the talk of despots and warlords and the implications.
A Path I Can’t Follow:
It was one sentence describing Rose McCullen, unnecessarily. It's nagging at me. And leaving me with the decision of whether it is annoying enough that I have to give up on this book and the rest of the series. I know Clarke was an old man. I know he was an old British expat living in Sri Lanka. I know he was an old, white British expat living in Sri Lanka. And I also, know that Rose is probably going to be an agent or counter-agent of one of the South African intelligence agencies, but her skin tone wasn't a necessary description...especially if that was the whole description. I was already doubting the characterization of someone who was on a mission to Jupiter orbit who was basically being presented as a cabin steward with no knowledge of space, orbits, etc, etc.
Suspension of Disbelief:
Not sure that I'm buying into the whole secret agents in hard science fiction space motif that this part of the story hinges on. Just feels off.
Turd in the Punchbowl:
"You sound like a damned cop." All they were doing was searching a room and discussing what to do about the pirate who had taken over the bridge and crashed the ship on the restricted moon Europa. And Clarke chose to drop this unattributed comment into the conversation. It's a turd in the punchbowl line. The character who said it isn't identified and the characters and their actions just roll on from that point. The editor should've caught this and either deleted it or convinced Clarke to massage it either into the narrative more organically or morphed it to fit closely with what was going on.
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Conclusions I’ve Drawn:
Not sure if I'll be back for The Final Odyssey. I've enjoyed each book. So, I probably will. I'm just not sure that Clarke can hold my interest for another 250+ pages. If I come back around for 3001, it'll be a while.
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LibraryThing member hopeevey
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
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.
As in [book: 2010], there are no ordinary
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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.
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LibraryThing member adiasd
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.
LibraryThing member ck2935
Honestly, I read the book and I remember it was cool that they landed on Haley's comet, but that is about it.
LibraryThing member Neale
Great follow up to 2010. It ended a bit quick though is the only criticism.
LibraryThing member andyray
They haven't made a movie of this yet, but I surely hope they do! It's more interesting than any of the other two, even if Clarke seems to be disjointed in his editing, or putting it together. I think we could have done without the landing on Halley's Comet and gone into a deeper narrative about
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the Jov ian cloud creatures. Definitely equal to numbers one and two, and in the last two pages, Clarke leqaves us open for number four (and the last) odyssey, I think titled 3001 (or 3061) whatever. Show Less
LibraryThing member Waianuhea
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.
LibraryThing member nillacat
Forgettable. Read Rendevous with Rama instead.
LibraryThing member cbradley
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
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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. Show Less
LibraryThing member cleverusername2
Earlier this year I made a vow to read all of the Space Odyssey books before 2010. I was warned that I would be let down by 2061 : odyssey three. It took me two days to read and while I still consider 2010 to be my favorite I didn’t feel cheated. The story feels rushed, however and most of the
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chapters are a mere three pages long. If you are used to that kind of scattered Harry Turtledoveian kaleidoscopic focus shift then it will be merely a mild annoyance. I really suspect Clarke’s heart was not in this one. In fact, the best parts of 2061 were inported whole cloth from 2010. He was hoping the Galileo program would give him more cause to return to the Space Odyssey but it was delayed by the Challenger disaster. The pleasure trip to land on Halley’s Comet seems a bit of a swindle or a compromise. I liked having Floyd return however, though most of the other characters failed to move me. I won’t gripe about the ending as it seems to be well tilled ground at this point. I’m a big sucker for stories featuring colonization of near space and the Galaxy and Universe felt like real ships with personality and provable physics; as the Millennium Falcon and Serenity are in the "soft" science fiction genre. Show Less
LibraryThing member baubie
Everyone says that this is the low point in the series and I can see why. Nothing really happens. They travel out to Halley's and explore and talk about what happened in the past, but it doesn't really push the story of the monolith at all. We learn a little bit about Europa, but even there,
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nothing remarkable HAPPENS! Luckily, Clarke still wrote the book wonderfully and it was very enjoyable to read. I'm looking forward to reading 3001. Show Less
LibraryThing member kpgje
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
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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. Show Less
LibraryThing member odkins
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.
LibraryThing member DirtPriest
As a novel, 2001 is by far the best of the series, the other books simply relay certain events of a future that is completely believeable and realistic. As individual books, though, the sequels are lagging in the quality department, relative to 2001. That one should be required reading for anyone
2061 is about the rescue of a downed exploratory ship on the wildly modified version of the ice covered ocean world of Europa, dragging the ancient Heywood Floyd out into space for a final adventure with the monolith.
An odd thing to quantify, how to phrase a recommendation of the series. They are good stories from a great imagination, but if SF isn't your cup of tea then the sequels are honestly best left at the bookstore. They are simply a vehicle for his idea of a future world of space faring and space living humans, really.
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who considers themselves a SF fan, but the sequels exist only for the readers interested enough to see what a genius like Clark can imagine.2061 is about the rescue of a downed exploratory ship on the wildly modified version of the ice covered ocean world of Europa, dragging the ancient Heywood Floyd out into space for a final adventure with the monolith.
An odd thing to quantify, how to phrase a recommendation of the series. They are good stories from a great imagination, but if SF isn't your cup of tea then the sequels are honestly best left at the bookstore. They are simply a vehicle for his idea of a future world of space faring and space living humans, really.
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LibraryThing member Anagarika-Sean
A great continuation of the series.
LibraryThing member JGolomb
This is not a great book. It's really more of an extended novella or perhaps part one of Arthur C. Clarke's Odyssey finale, "3001". This story has none of the depth, nuance or scale of Clarke's classic original, "2001" nor its solid follow up "2010".
Clarke creates two focal points 60 years after
Clarke is at his best when speculating on a future culture enormously affected by the events in the first two books of the series. Equally as strong is Clarke's evolutionary ruminations on the biological progression of life on Europa - formerly an ice-harden snowball orbiting Jupiter, but instantly transformed when a billion billion monoliths exploded within Jupiter and transformed it into Lucifer, an intra solar system star (at the conclusion of "2010").
"2061" isn't a bad book, it's just bland. I've enjoyed the narrative development that began in the wonderfully broad and subtle "2001", and continued in “2010” which smartly built on the myth of The Monolith and its creators. “2061” provides a glimpse at the intervening years and sets expectations and builds anticipation of the finale. As a stand-alone, however, there’s just not much 'there'.
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modern man first comes across The Monolith buried deeply beneath the surface of the moon. One story thread follows Dr. Heywood Floyd, a centenarian whose medical condition forces him to live full time off-Earth. He's been asked to join a scientific mission to land on Halley's comet that's making its regularly scheduled swing near Earth. In parallel, Clarke explores the growth and evolution of the former Jovian moon, and nascent planet, Europa. Surrounding these dual tales is a weak mystery with weaker intrigue that ultimately brings the two threads together.Clarke is at his best when speculating on a future culture enormously affected by the events in the first two books of the series. Equally as strong is Clarke's evolutionary ruminations on the biological progression of life on Europa - formerly an ice-harden snowball orbiting Jupiter, but instantly transformed when a billion billion monoliths exploded within Jupiter and transformed it into Lucifer, an intra solar system star (at the conclusion of "2010").
"2061" isn't a bad book, it's just bland. I've enjoyed the narrative development that began in the wonderfully broad and subtle "2001", and continued in “2010” which smartly built on the myth of The Monolith and its creators. “2061” provides a glimpse at the intervening years and sets expectations and builds anticipation of the finale. As a stand-alone, however, there’s just not much 'there'.
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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
The Sol system being a double star system , and huge diamonds being found, one as a mountain sinking into the core of Europa, the planet now orbiting the former Jupiter. Intriguing ideas and stemming from 2001; , a Space Odyssey. Several recurring characters from that novel appear. Worth reading.
LibraryThing member SkuldOMG
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.
LibraryThing member Razinha
As with similar Clarke books of this period, the science of the fiction is great while the social fiction not so great. Even though I'd read it before, I didn't remember much so it was nearly new and entertaining the second time around.
LibraryThing member themulhern
Another fun tour of the solar system. I guess now I'll always remember when Halley's comet is next due, but I won't live to see it. The characters are just props to hang speculations about societal adaptation on or to move the plot forward a bit; they can't all be meant to be odious, but they would
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LibraryThing member nadineeg
Back to old friends - Heywood Floyd, Dave Bowman and the depths of the solar system.
LibraryThing member andersoj
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.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1988
Physical description
288 p.; 17.4 cm
ISBN
0345357051 / 9780345357052
Local notes
Omslag: Michael Whelan
Omslaget viser en astronaut, der stiger ud af en luge eller sort monolit - i nærheden svæver lignende sorte monolitter
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Omslaget viser en astronaut, der stiger ud af en luge eller sort monolit - i nærheden svæver lignende sorte monolitter
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
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