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2010: Odyssey Two [Mass Market Paperback]

Arthur Charles Clarke (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Publication Date: Feb 1984
2001: A Space Odyssey shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s. An instant book and movie classic, its fame has grown over the years. Yet along with the almost universal acclaim, a host of questions has grown more insistent through the years, for example: who or what transformed Dave Bowman into the Star-Child? What alien purpose lay behind the monoliths on the Moon and out in space? What could drive HAL to kill the crew? Now all those questions and many more have been answered, in this stunning sequel to the international bestseller. Cosmic in sweep, eloquent in its depiction of Man's place in the Universe, and filled with the romance of space, this novel is a monumental achievement and a must-read for Arthur C. Clarke fans old and new.
"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001."
Carl Sagan

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Del Rey Books; Reissue edition (Feb 1984)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345303067
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345303066
  • Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 2.4 x 17.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,869,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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3.0 out of 5 stars Let down by poor characterisation 11 Feb 2009
By Archy
Format: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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nine years on and new mysteries abound. 1 Sep 2002
By Ian Tapley VINE™ VOICE
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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A title that i grew up revering for many reasons 20 Oct 2011
By Joseph
Format:Paperback
As someone spellbound by the Kubrick original film, i later read all the 'Odyssey' novels as i wanted to clear up the amiguity of the film! I love this book and is my favourite of the four. Still after all these years, the foresight of AC Clarke astounds me. Way ahead of his time in every respect.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey 16 April 2003
By Danny
Format: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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4.0 out of 5 stars Old school visionary sci-fiction that's sadly not as relevant today as it was when it was written 4 Oct 2012
By The Shreester
Format:Paperback
Arthur C Clarke (died 2008) was a visionary. He predicted the satellites which have already changed our world and has written about the space elevators that I believe will one day do them same.

The 1968 novel, '2001: A Space Odyssey' was Clarke's take on 'first contact'. His collaboration with Director Stanley Kubrick immortalised this story in a film of the same name which is now regarded as a classic masterpiece. The film did much to popularise Clarke's books but he was already a huge favourite within science fiction circles.

2001 ended definitely yet ambiguously. It was crying out for a sequel and finally, over a decade later, in 1982 we got one. However, it was a different novel from the first with a different message.

2010 tries to tie up the loose ends from 2001. What happened to Dave Bowman? Why did Hal malfunction and kill Frank Poole? What is the monolith - who created it and why?

However, this 'sequel' was written during the Cold War, at the height of the nuclear arms race and Clarke mirrors this tension in the novel with a joint US-Soviet mission to Jupiter to find out what happened while a nuclear crisis brews back on Earth.

This adds an extra dimension to the plot while making it more relevant to the 1980s.

Written as it was in the 1960s (following JFK's famous 1962 speech about putting a man on the moon), 2001 could afford to be ambitiously idealistic and boldly futurist. However, by the 1980s the Apollo programme was over while the space shuttle was yet to fly it's first mission. Interest in space exploration was stalling while nuclear war between the USA and USSR seemed a far more immediate concern.... Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not mind boggling as the first
Put simply - Struggled to be the same level as the first - felt like a lot of repetitions. But good read though. Recommendable
Published on 14 Nov 2010 by H. Ramtale
5.0 out of 5 stars Clarke reread
I bought the book in 1983, read it so many times that 'the seams fell apart',and I had to throw away the loose pages. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2010 by Erkki Herranen
4.0 out of 5 stars 2010: Meatier than the first.
2010 carrys the torch forward in the oddessey series and unlike many sequels I think it is better than the first. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2010 by Chris Sams
4.0 out of 5 stars The sequal to the film of the book....
2010 is actually a sequal to the film (2001) and not the book. I would suggest watching 2001 the film before reading this book otherwise you'll be left wondering what's going... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2007 by David Bowers
4.0 out of 5 stars 2010 - Odyssey Two
A sequel to the classic '2001 A Space Odyssey' might seem like a unlikely and unnecessary prospect, but this is actually a far-better written novel than the earlier book, with... Read more
Published on 6 July 2007 by Jane Aland
5.0 out of 5 stars My personal favourite
This book is the exception to the rule that sequels can't surpass the original. Even though the ideas are not so unique and BIG as in 2001 (how could they be, the whole Quadrilogy... Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2007 by holdyourlight
4.0 out of 5 stars Rewarding Read
After the religious/philosophical experience that was '2001', this was ironically a lot more down to Earth with more action and domestic situations. Read more
Published on 20 May 2005 by stephenmorgan
3.0 out of 5 stars How can you sequel the ultimate?
The book is good - in it's own way. The problem is more this: How can you make a sequel to a story that ends with the comming of the Übermensch? Read more
Published on 28 July 2000 by Normann Aaboe Nielsen
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