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3001: The Final Odyssey

By Arthur C. Clarke

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| Hardcover | 9780345315229

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It began four million years ago when a gleaming black monolith cast its shadow on the stark African savanna *an inexplicable apparition that ignited the spark of human consciousness, transforming ape into man.



It continued at the dawn of the 21st century when an identical black monoliContinue

It began four million years ago when a gleaming black monolith cast its shadow on the stark African savanna *an inexplicable apparition that ignited the spark of human consciousness, transforming ape into man.



It continued at the dawn of the 21st century when an identical black monolith was excavated on the moon *propelling Dave Bowman and his deputy Frank Poole on a mission to Jupiter that ended in the mutiny of the supercomputer HAL.



Only Dave Bowman would survive to encounter a third, and far more massive monolith on Jupiter's moon Europa *and be forever transformed into the star child.



It is the world of 2001: A Space Odyssey. And now, the odyssey enters its perilous ultimate stage. In 3001, the human race, incredibly, has survived, yet lives in baffled fear of the trio of monoliths that dominate the solar system--until a ray of light beams forth from a totally unexpected source. The body of Frank Poole, believed dead for a thousand years, is recovered from the frozen reaches of the galaxy, restored to conscious life, and readied to resume the voyage that HAL abruptly terminated a thousand years back. He knows he cannot proceed until he reestablishes contact with Dave Bowman. But first he must fathom the terrifying truth of what Bowman *and HAL *have become inside the monolith.



In 3001: The Final Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke brings the greatest and most successful science fiction series of all time to its magnificent, stunningly unforeseen conclusion. As we hurtle toward the new millennium in real time, Clarke brilliantly, daringly leaps one thousand years into the future to reveal a truth we are only now capable of comprehending. An epic masterpiece at once dazzlingly imaginative and grounded in scientific actuality, 3001 is a story that only Arthur C. Clarke could tell.

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  • End of the Quartet. In a sense, a bit disappointed compare to the excitement of 2001.
    However, in itself is a good SF. The many questions of the future were 'answered' Old friends reappear, and their destiny described. In a sense, like in chinese belief, good man got good ending.
    I am yet ... (continue)

    End of the Quartet. In a sense, a bit disappointed compare to the excitement of 2001.
    However, in itself is a good SF. The many questions of the future were 'answered' Old friends reappear, and their destiny described. In a sense, like in chinese belief, good man got good ending.
    I am yet wondering how this can be made into a movie.
    In the prologue, a description of the masters of the monoliths were described and how they evolved into pure thoughts...I am not sure how Clarke may be influenced by his knowledge in Buddhist by living in Sri Lanka for such a long time. But it has strong accent of Buddhism.
    In the end of the book , many old questions were answered by the author.
    The most important point for me is his high regard of Chin XueShen......though he was regarded as the father of Space and Rocket and Science in China......I am not sure how is his real status to the outside world especially USA where he was expelled. In Clarke's description, obviously he was really esteemed even to an American and someone who really soaked in Space and advanced science.
    It is even more remarkable that only one day after I finished this book , Master Tsien/Chin passed away. In the newspaper review, seems that he still resents his unwilling expulsion from USA...even at his 98 years old age.....echoing what Clarke described here.
    I am not sure whether 2061 should be produced with funds from China.........in memory of Chin..or Clarke regarded as a friend of China,....like J Needham.? as it is the custom..

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