He has left his wife and young child behind, knowing that staying with them would have hurt him more than leaving ever could. While Frank Poole and David Bowman were both cold and mission-oriented characters, the characters of 2010 are richer and more personable. With the news that Discovery is slowly being pulled out of orbit, and is set to crash, Russia and America join forces, Leonev’s crew allows the three Americans to come aboard, and Leonev sets off for Jupiter. America has the valuable minds of Heywood Floyd, planner of Discovery’s initial flight, Walter Curnow, engineer, and Doctor Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai (aka Dr. Set nine years after astronaut David Bowman’s fateful flight to Jupiter, America and Russia are in a race to reach his craft, Discovery, and recover information from its databanks. While 2001 will always get more attention, don’t be too quick to ignore the sequel it deals with the same grand ideas as its predecessor, but it does so with a lot more style. 2001 lays some solid groundwork for a good story, but 2010 makes that story richer. I found the characters more compelling, the story more interesting, and the writing keeps pace. 2010 will never have the historical importance of 2001, but there’s a lot to love. Clarke’s fantastic follow-up to 2001: A Space Odyssey. The two stars is purely because I managed to finish the book, albeit with strained eyes.2010: Odyssey Two is Arthur C. I have put a copy of '2001' next to it for comparison. I'm not sure if it is 'Voyager Books' or 'Harper Collins' - it isn't clear - but as you can see from the pictures, the font is awful and fairly inconsistent. Now, the 2/5 rating for book is regarding the publisher of this version(purchased from marketplace).

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2019 There is one particular page when sending a report to Earth which is just awful! The two stars is purely because I managed to finish the book, albeit with strained eyes. There is also a movie adaptation of this book called '2010: The Day We Made Contact', which I will watch after writing this review! So readers may feel confused if reading after the first book, but not viewing the movie (which I recommend viewing, if not to compliment the book then for the effects of the time).

Readers and viewers will know of the few differences, with the main one being Kubrick opting to travel to Jupiter whereas A.C.C writes about Saturn. It doesn't take place after the '2001' book, but instead is a sequel to Kubrick's '2001' movie. Summary: good sequel to movie, bad publisher/typescript.įirst of all, I should make clear that the plot of this book is a good sequel.

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