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2001 A Space Odyssey
by Arthur Charles Clarke,
Stanley Kubrick
Arhtur C. Clarke wrote
the novel while Stanley Kubrick created the film, the two collaborating on both
projects. The novel is much more detailed and intimate, and definitely easier
to comprehend. Even though history has disproved its "predictions,"
it's still loaded with exciting and awe-inspiring science fiction.
When an enigmatic
monolith is found buried on the moon, scientists are amazed to discover that
it's at least 3 million years old. Even more amazing, after it's unearthed the
artifact releases a powerful signal aimed at Saturn. What sort of alarm has
been triggered? To find out, a manned spacecraft, the Discovery, is sent to
investigate. Its crew is highly trained--the best--and they are assisted by a
self-aware computer, the ultra-capable HAL 9000. But HAL's programming has been
patterned after the human mind a little too well. He is capable of guilt,
neurosis, even murder, and he controls every single one of Discovery's
components. The crew must overthrow this digital psychotic if they hope to make
their rendezvous with the entities that are responsible not just for the
monolith, but maybe even for human civilization. --Brooks Peck
[ISBN: 0451452739 -
Paperback 9.93" x 5.28" - 25th Anniversery Edition (August 1993) by
New American Library Trade]
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2010 : Odyssey Two
by Arthur C. Clarke
This sequel to 2001: a
space odyssey answersthe questions left by its predecessor. Captain Chandler
investigates the lapse in Hal's sanity and the disappearance of Dave Bowman.
[ISBN: 0345303067 - Mass
Market Paperback - Reissue published February 1984 by Ballantine Books]
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2061 : Odyssey Three
by Arthur C. Clarke
In 2061, Heywood Floyd
must once again confront Dave Bowman, a newly independent HAL, and the
limitless power of an unseen alien race that has decided that Mankind is to
play a role in the evolution of the galaxy--whether it wants to or not.
Continuing the spellbinding excitement begun in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
[ISBN: 0345358791 - Mass
Market Paperback - Reissue published January 1991 by Ballantine Books]
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3001 : The Final Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
At the opening of the
third millennium, humanity is spreading throughout the solar system,
terraforming Venus, and already settled on the moons of Jupiter. Enter one who
is effectively a time traveler--astronaut Frank Poole, frozen in deep space
ever since, a thousand years ago, he became HAL 9000's victim (as viewers of
the movie 2001 will recall). The revived Poole makes a fine observer, through
whom Clarke leads readers on a tour of humanity's future, and he is also the
key to contact with David Bowman, last seen encrypted in a giant black monolith
on Ganymede. And making contact with Bowman saves humanity, for the monolith
was programmed by its creators to destroy humanity, a plan foiled after it is
injected with a computer virus.
[ ISBN: 0345423496 -
Mass Market Paperback - Published March 1998]
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Hal's Legacy : 2001's
Computer As Dream and Reality
by David G. Stork
(Editor), Arthur C. Clarke
If you loved "2001:
A Space Odyssey," you'll be delighted by this book that asks "How
realistic was HAL?" Contributions by various scientists include essays on
supercomputer design with regard to speech synthesis, common sense reasoning,
emotions, lip reading and even playing chess. As the authors explore what
is science fantasy and what is technological fact, they also look at how HAL
influenced technological development in the past 30 years. The final chapter,
called "When HAL Kills, Who's to Blame?" deals with the ethical
aspects of building intelligent machines.
[ISBN: 0262692112 -
Paperback 8.75" x 7.65" 416 pages - Published April 1998 MIT Press]
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2001 : Filming the
Future
by Piers Bizony, Arthur C. Clarke
Beautifuly illustrated
and highly informative work about the creation of the film. Includes
color frames from the film. Covers every aspect of the creation of the
film.
[ISBN: 1854103652 - Paperback
9.34" x 9.18" - Published May 1995 Aurum Press Ltd.]
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