2010: Odyssey Two: A Novel
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"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001 ."-Carl Sagan Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft-to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong...and what became of Commander Dave Bowman. Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith that orbits Jupiter. Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman-the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith-streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own . . . "Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play."- Time " 2010 is easily Clarke's best book in over a decade."- The San Diego Tribune
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Format: Paperback, 352 pages, 105mm x 173mm, 181 g
Published: 1984, Random House USA Inc, United States
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001 ."-Carl Sagan Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft-to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong...and what became of Commander Dave Bowman. Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith that orbits Jupiter. Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman-the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith-streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own . . . "Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play."- Time " 2010 is easily Clarke's best book in over a decade."- The San Diego Tribune
2010: Odyssey Two: A Novel
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