An edition of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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A Space Odyssey

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Cover of: 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
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An edition of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

2001

A Space Odyssey

by

  • ★★★★ 4.2 (123 ratings)
  • 520 Want to read
  • 29 Currently reading
  • 175 Have read

On the moon an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of the discovery that, for the first time, men are sent out deep into the solar system. But before they can reach their destination, things begin to go wrong.

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Roc Trade
Language
/languages/eng
Pages
256

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Subjects

Human-computer interaction, Computers, Fiction, Science fiction, Twenty-first century, Space vehicles, Long Now Manual for Civilization, English Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, Saturn, Jupiter, space travel, alien artifacts, human origins, High interest-low vocabulary books, Readers, Fiction, science fiction, general, English literature, HAL (Fictitious character), Interplanetary voyages

People

Moonwatcher, Dave Bowman, HAL 9000

Places

Africa, Moon, Jupiter and Saturn

Times

2001, 3 million years ago

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Cover of: 2001
2001: a space odyssey
1994, G.K. Hall
in /languages/eng
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2001: A Space Odyssey
August 1, 1993, Roc Trade
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Cover of: 2001, l'odyssée de l'espace
2001, l'odyssée de l'espace
1992, Editions J'ai Lu
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2001: Odysee im Weltraum
1990, Heyne
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Cover of: 2001 Una odisea espacial
2001 Una odisea espacial
1983, Plaza & Janés
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1982, New American
in /languages/eng
Cover of: 2001
2001: a space odyssey
1982, New American
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Cover of: 2001 l'odyssée de l'espace
2001 l'odyssée de l'espace
Mar 09, 1980, J'Ai Lu
Cover of: 2001
2001: una odisea espacial
1977, Ediciones G.P.
in /languages/spa - 3a ed.
Cover of: 2001
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, Arrow Books
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First Sentence

"The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended."

Table of Contents

Back to 2001
Page vii
Foreword
Page xvii
I. Primeval Night
Page 1
1. The Road to Extinction
Page 3
2. The New Rock
Page 9
3. Academy
Page 15
4. The Leopard
Page 20
5. Encounter in the Dawn
Page 26
6. Ascent of Man
Page 29
II. TMA-1
Page 33
7. Special Flight
Page 35
8. Orbital Rendezvous
Page 43
9. Moon Shuttle
Page 47
10. Clavius Base
Page 56
11. Anomaly
Page 63
12. Journey by Earthlight
Page 67
13. The Slow Dawn
Page 74
14. The Listeners
Page 79
III. Between Planets
Page 83
15. Discovery
Page 85
16. Hal
Page 91
17. Cruise Mode
Page 95
18. Through the Asteroids
Page 102
19. Transit of Jupiter
Page 106
20. The World of the Gods
Page 113
IV. Abyss
Page 117
21. Birthday Party
Page 119
22. Excursion
Page 124
23. Diagnosis
Page 132
24. Broken Circuit
Page 136
25. First Man to Saturn
Page 141
26. Dialogue With Hal
Page 145
27. Need to Know
Page 151
28. In Vacuum
Page 153
29. Alone
Page 161
30. The Secret
Page 164
V. The Moons of Saturn
Page 169
31. Survival
Page 171
32. Concerning E.T.'s
Page 176
33. Ambassador
Page 181
34. The Orbiting Ice
Page 185
35. The Eye of Japetus
Page 189
36. Big Brother
Page 192
37. Experiment
Page 194
38. The Sentinel
Page 197
39. Into the Eye
Page 199
40. Exit
Page 203
VI. Through the Star Gate
Page 205
41. Grand Central
Page 207
42. The Alien Sky
Page 212
43. Inferno
Page 217
44. Reception
Page 221
45. Recapitulation
Page 229
46. Transformation
Page 232
47. Star Child
Page 236

Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
1993

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6005.L36 A615 1993

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xviii, 235 p.
Number of pages
256
Dimensions
21 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7575930M
ISBN 10
0451452739
ISBN 13
9780451452733
LCCN
93010067
OCLC/WorldCat
27814116
LibraryThing
2817510
Goodreads
117846

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL17365W

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A novel that proposes an idea about how the human race might have begun and where it might be headed...given a little help from out there. A colaboration of ideas with director Stanley Kubrick in the late 1960's it begins at "the dawn of man" and then leaps to the year 2001 where a mission to Saturn (Jupiter in the film) is mounted to try and answer questions raised by the discovery of an ancient artifact dug up on the moon. Though not particularly fast paced, the science is good, and there are a few hair raising events. There are also interesting speculations about the future, such as the space shuttle, and a device eerily similar to an iPad. Leaving plenty of room for contemplation and the appreciation for the inevitable trials of space travel, this is one of the truly landmark pieces of hard science fiction.

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