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2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke · 1968 · Novel
Setting: near future (2001)
Series: A Space Odyssey — #1
Synopsis
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.
Metadata
Source: OpenLibrary
Tags: Human-computer interactionComputersFictionScience fictionTwenty-first centurySpace vehiclesLong Now Manual for CivilizationEnglish Science fictionFiction, science fiction, hard science fictionSaturn
ISBN: 9780451155801 — Roc, 1968, mass market paperback
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isfdb_id: 2485
openlibrary_id: OL17365W