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2010, odyssey two

Arthur C. Clarke · 1982 · Novel

Setting: near future (2010)

Series: A Space Odyssey — #2

Synopsis

When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s, the novel was quickly recognized as a classic. Since then, its fame has grown steadily among the multitudes who have read the novel or seen the film based on it. Yet, along with almost universal acclaim, a host of questions has grown more insistent through the years: Who or what transformed Dave Bowman into the Star-Child? What purpose lay behind the transformation?

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: English Science fictionInterplanetary voyagesFictionLong Now Manual for CivilizationFiction, science fiction, generalScience fictionExploration of outer spaceExplorationSpaceLife on other planets

ISBN: 9780795324826 — RosettaBooks, 2012, English

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isfdb_id: 2484

openlibrary_id: OL17391W

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