In terms of the destination of Discovery One and location of the second monolith: they will inevitably be the same in a given version of the story, because otherwise it makes no sense ( 'But wait, if the monolith was discovered on X, why are we headed to Y?').

The novel version of 2001 featured the journey to Saturn instead: Clarke acknowledges this retroactive continuity in his author's foreword. Clarke's final novel, which also retained an earlier draft's employment of Saturn as the final destination of the Discovery mission rather than Jupiter, and the discarded finale of the Star Child exploding nuclear weapons carried by Earth-orbiting satellites. The last three of these survived into Arthur C. This is covered in the Development section of the Wikipedia article, for example:Įarly drafts included a short prologue containing interviews with scientists about extraterrestrial life, voice-over narration (a feature in all of Kubrick's previous films), a stronger emphasis on the prevailing Cold War balance of terror, a slightly different and more explicitly explained scenario for Hal's breakdown, and a differently envisaged monolith for the 'Dawn of Man' sequence. “ 2010 is easily Clarke’s best book in over a decade.2001: A Space Odyssey was written concurrently with the development of the film. “Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play.” - Time

Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman-the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith-streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own . . . What they discover is an unsettling alien conspiracy tampering with the evolution of life on Jupiter’s moons as well as that of humanity itself. Disponible ahora en - ISBN: 9780345303066 - Mass Market Paperback - A Del Rey Book Published By Ballantine Books - Random House, Inc. The crew includes project expert Heywood Floyd, and Dr. Nine years after the ill-fated Discovery One mission to Jupiter, a joint Soviet-American crew travels to the planet to investigate the mysterious monolith orbiting the planet, the cause of the earlier mission’s failure-and what became of astronaut David Bowman. Fourteen years later, fans and critics were thrilled by the release of 2010: Odyssey Two. Clarke’s bestselling 2001: A Space Odyssey captivated the world and was adapted into the classic film by Stanley Kubrick. His best known works are the script he wrote with American film director Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968. When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s, the novel was quickly recognized as a classic. The celebrated author continues his Space Odyssey with this Hugo Award winner: “A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001” (Carl Sagan). Clarke, in full Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, (born December 16, 1917, Minehead, Somerset, Englanddied March 19, 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka), English writer, notable for both his science fiction and his nonfiction.

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