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To the spaceship Discovery, floating in the silent depths of space since Dave Bowman passed through the alien 'Star Gate', comes Heywood Floyd on a mission of recovery. What he finds near Jupiter is beyond the imaginings of any mere human.
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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 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Let down by poor characterisation,
By Archy (ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 2010: Odyssey Two (Paperback)
Nine years on and the latest mission is to find out what happened to David Bowman and Discovery - and the monolith, which is still floating above Jupiter (the book is more a sequel to the film than the original novel). It's told in Arthur Clarke's usual rather flat style, with short, bite-sized chapters, with interesting speculations along the way.There are some wonderful descriptions of Jupiter and its moons, and the mystical flavour of the original isn't forgotten. But where 2001 had just two main characters, Bowman and Poole - with the ominous presence of the HAL 9000 computer in the background - the sequel suffers from too many. Much of the action is described from the viewpoint of Heywood Floyd, who was in the original, but the other members of the crew become mere cyphers, whose conversations are used to explain the plot. Dr Chandra, HAL's inventor and mentor, is interesting, but the others have little life to them. Characterisation isn't that important in a Clarke novel, and as sequels go this one's an interesting read. It could never match its illustrious predecessor anyway. Well worth reading, but don't expect a classic.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Nine years on and new mysteries abound.,
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This review is from: 2010: Odyssey Two (Paperback)
Clarke returns once again to the mysteries of the Monoliths as an American/Russian mission races a Chinese one to investigate the disappearance of Dave Bowman in 2001.Again he manages to catch the genuine sense of scientific exploration as the two missions enter Jupiter's moon system. The race with the Chinese vessel also gives the novel a nice sense of pace. The scientist's account, as he awaits his own death, of the Chinese's disasterous encounter on Europa is at once gripping, horrifying and touching. Dave Bowman, the Star Child, also returns on the side of mankind in the face of the strange alien intelligence behind the Monoliths. And this adds another level of wonder to the story as he explores the solar system as all but a god. If the coming of Lucifer in this story doesn't set your pulse racing and your mind whirring, then I don't know what will. In general, perhaps not as good as 2001, but a science fiction masterpiece nonetheless.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A worthy sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey,
By Danny (Bristol, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 2010: Odyssey Two (Paperback)
When I read this 2nd book of 4 in the Odyssey series I was simply gripped to it! Having read 2001 before hand I suppose I wanted to find out the answers to the mysteries Clarke had left unanswered and what had happened to the famous and elegant Discovery. A Soviet-American space mission aboard the 'Leonov' sets off to Jupiter to retrieve and revive Discovery, spinning hauntingly in the silent depths over the volcanic Jovian moon of Io. They reactivate the Discovery and revive Hal who can't remember anything about his disturbing behaviour in the previous mission because his memory has been erased. We get to see Dave and we eventually get to see the king of all planets meet its downfall. This book is SUPERB! An enjoyable and thrilling read! I would say it also much more action-packed and gripping than 2001, but then again its prequel is still very much the greatest in the series! You must buy this book and read away! (the film is also worth seeing)
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