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The classic science fiction novel that captures and expands on the vision of Stanley Kubrick’s immortal film—and ;changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the outer rim of our solar system, ;2001: A Space Odyssey ;is a journey unlike any other. This allegory about humanity’s exploration of the universe—and the universe’s reaction to humanity—is a hallmark achievement in storytelling that follows the ;crew of the spacecraft ;Discovery as they embark on a mission to Saturn. Their vessel is controlled by HAL 9000, an artificially intelligent supercomputer capable of the highest level of cognitive functioning that rivals—and perhaps threatens—the human mind. Grappling with space exploration, the perils of technology, and the limits of human power, ;2001: A Space Odyssey ;continues to be an enduring classic of cinematic scope.

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Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) wrote a hundred books and more than a thousand short stories and essays covering science fiction and science fact in a career spanning more than six decades. Among his bestselling novels are Childhood’s End, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Rendezvous with Rama.

In 1945, he proposed global broadcasting via communication satellites in geostationary orbit. One of his short stories inspired the World Wide Web, while another was expanded into 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he cowrote with Stanley Kubrick.

Born in Somerset, England, Clarke was educated at King’s College, London. He worked in the British civil service and the Royal Air Force before turning full-time author in 1950. The recipient of dozens of awards, fellowships, and honorary doctorates, Clarke had both an asteroid and dinosaur species named after him. Queen Elizabeth II gave him a knighthood in 1998.

Clarke lived in Sri Lanka since 1956, engaged in diving, astronomical observations, and underwater tourism.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0451457994
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin USA; Reissue edition (1 September 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780451457998
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451457998
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 154 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.64 x 2.06 x 17.3 cm

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SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE (1917-2008) wrote the novel and co-authored the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey. He has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and he is the only science-fiction writer to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His fiction and nonfiction have sold more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide.
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Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) was an American director, writer, producer, and photographer of motion pictures, including the classics Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The SHining, Full Metal Jacket, and others.
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Rudra

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It is incredible that a book written in 1968 could be so spot on about things we have become used to in 2021 but still find novel. That depth and richness of imagination is just mind boggling.

The story too grips you right from the very beginning, though it does get a bit dense in the last few pages. I feel bad I didn’t pick up this book earlier. Definitely recommend!

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Anwar Saeed

Great story from one of the "masters" of Science and Science-fiction!

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This is a truly great story. Written before the "moon landing" even...yet packed with so much knowledge of our Planets and our galaxy! ....one of the best novels in English. Mesmerising!!

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Dibyajyoti

An incredible and amazing book. It filled the gaps left in the movie by Stanley Kubrick.

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This is a book for every space and sci-fi enthusiasts.

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Debashish

An epic timeless space adventure that captures the imagination

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It's unbelievable that this story was written nearly 50 years ago. Man's fascination space and the mysteries it hides are at the heart of this space adventure, and it truly stands the test of time.

The novel starts off with the evolution of man into the creature that we know he is today, and then sets off on a journey to reveal a secret that every star gazer has ever wondered about-extra terrestrial life.

Although, there aren't any characters that you can latch on to, save one, the plot itself is so fantastic that you'll feel like you're accelerating out of Earth's orbit. There are also quite a few exposition heavy sections, but the things they describe are so unimaginable that you really won't mind.

As a fan of Isaac Asimov, Andy Weir, and Orson Scott Card, I thoroughly enjoyed this epic space adventure, and can't wait to watch the movie.

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Amazing

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Great book. It is a must read for any fiction fan. It is one of my first fiction books and I would recommend it to any new readers as well.

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The 3 stars for the BAD quality of the binding. The pages are slowly coming out one by one.

The content of the book is stunning though.
Clarke not only imagines the car but predicts the traffic jam too. An excellent vision of the future. A definite page turner and consumes your total time until it's consumed by you totally. Reading it a second time

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Dhairyashil Patil

Mind numbingly satisfying.

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The book makes you feel like holding sand in the grip of your palms, making you fall at its pace at the start and as the grip tightens it makes you fall all of a sudden.

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Clarke is nothing short of a seer.
The formidable foreword which elucidates the making of the book and how much modern space science is influenced by his works, especially this absolutely spiffing "Monolith" (all sorts of pun intended) is mind numbing.
For anyone remotely interested in the science fiction Genre, I do believe you'll have the most wonderful of times whilst reading this book.

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Dennis Sisterson

Poignant view of future past

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The film 2001, while a favourite of mine, has always seemed to me fundamentally flawed - something it shared with the book. Having done a bit of reading around it recently I think the problem is this: Most great novels - I think science fiction especially - begin with a great idea, from which the author has then successfully extracted a story. The development of 2001 was the reverse of this. Stanley Kubrick decided he wanted to make a great sci-fi film and then hunted around, with Clarke, for a sufficiently great idea to fit that plan. It didn't begin with a great idea seeking expression. Consequently, the search for narrative or conceptual greatness equal to the budget and production talent Kubrick's reputation had allowed him to bring to bear on the project continued right up to the last day of editing, and personally I think never quite made it. The film's mystique comes from the fact that its ending seems cryptic and impenetrable, but this in turn only stems from Kubrick's determination not to show the story in a cheesy or overly obvious way, not because there's anything particularly deep or profound about the ideas themselves. It's more about hiding the fact that there's really not much there.
The interest in the novel, written in parallel with the film, is in seeing how it differs. In Clarke's rush to get the book finished and on the market he was often working from versions of the script that were later altered by Kubrick after Clarke's involvement ceased. I enjoyed imagining how a film shot from this version might have looked.
It's also a slightly poignant read at this distance. Like a lot of people in the 60s Clarke was overwhelmed and delighted by the speed of technical progress and imagined things would continue along the same trend, with massive bases and cities on the moon before long. Alien contact did not seem far fetched to him. The futuristic framework for the story is still interesting, if dated now. Sadly - aside from a few throwaway predictions about video phone calls and such - it's looking more and more like the dystopian sci-fi writers of that period are the ones who got it right and the best predictions for the future now seem to be about how much disaster we can avoid, not how much of the universe we can explore, so in that respect it feels like a rather poignant "might-have-been" view of the world.

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Audio Book - 5 star content but 3 star recording quality!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 March 2019

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After enjoying the movie (once again!) and deciding to re-visit the novel, I thought I would like to try this well-reviewed audio book. After listening to the book I find myself agreeing with other reviewers comments on the 'reader' (NOT A.C.Clarke as is somewhat misleadingly labelled by the cd manufacture!) Dick Hill - he does a very good job indeed of dramatising the novel and I would give a five star rating for what he brings to the reading. The novel itself is five star content. Unfortunately, the recording quality is not five star (and I have taken the trouble to examine the actual waveform of the recording on all six discs) - it is 'clipped' to say the least - and often makes the sound seem somewhat 'robotic' in places. Considering the time which must have been involved in getting six hours worth of Dick Hill reading the book, it's a pity that the sound engineers didn't do as good a job as the narrator! The producers of the recording have also done themselves no favours whatsoever in that they haven't even bothered to insert a chapter list (the book itself is divided into six parts with several chapters per part). It would have been a simple task for the producers to show where each 'part' and 'chapters' occurs across each of the discs. Overall, I would still recommend this as an interesting way to listen to the novel - it's just a pity that the recording lets the overall 'experience' down slightly.

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David Hartley

"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do..."

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 7 July 2018

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I'm a recent convert to audio books. I once heard a dreadful version of (shall we just say tactfully) "a" book - so bad I abandoned it and swore never to listen to another audiobook ever again.
But I'm so glad I broke my own rule with this one! Dick Hill reads this exactly as my mind would do! In a novel which is mainly exposition, he reads with conviction and drama. Clarke's writing is descriptive and yet poetic; it's easy to lose the rhythm and gentle humour. No danger of that happening here. It's an excellent performance full of pace and passion.
Some people say the book is a way to help understand the film. I'm not entirely in agreement with that. The book stands by itself as a fine piece of Science Fiction. In fact, this story diverges from the film in several key scenes.
I've seen the film over 80 times, it is my favourite film and introduced me to Stanley Kubrick's other work. I was already a fan of Arthur C Clarke, and have been since school. So I came to this with a little trepidation and quiet hope. However, I have no hesitation in recommending this audiobook.

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Luke Dennison

Ground-breaking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 3 March 2021

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This seminal book, written in conjunction with Kuberick's film of the same name has no doubt had a massive influence on 'hard sci-fi' fiction (and films) and works such as Contact are indebted to it. The set up in the first couple of chapters are key to the rest of the chapters and then the linear story telling eventually changes to exploring far greater concepts. The level of detail in the writing, especially when describing planets, stars, the solar system etc is just phenomenal and the imagery is fascinating. It only gets four stars because (and it's my fault) my limited human brain struggled to picture of even fully understand some of the concepts discussed, but overall this is a stunning novel.

Rob Ross

As good as I remember

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 November 2018

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Originally read this just after the film came out, and, as was usual at that time, was surprised how different the book was to what is seen on the screen, (this was my first book-to-screen experience). A much more involved thread throughout, with very insightful writing about the state of human affairs and fears of the time. Although it's a brilliant read for any sci-fi fan, and the author was years ahead of his time, there are certain elements that the film actually does better, even though I am one of those people who will always think that imagination is better than anything film makers can come up with. Although there could be an argument for explaining too much in this book, (something, if I remember correctly the second film did), I feel some exposition would have been a good idea. Obviously this is just my opinion, and I'm sure there are plenty of A.C.C fans out there who would violently disagree. But all in all, this is one of those "must read" books for any generation.

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