2001 - (Space Odyssey) by Arthur C Clarke (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A special new Introduction by the author highlights this reissue of a classic science fiction novel that changed the way people looked at the stars--and themselves.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The classic science fiction novel that captures and expands on the vision of Stanley Kubrick's immortal film--and <b>changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves</b>. <p/></b>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, <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> is a journey unlike any other. <p/>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 <i>Discovery </i>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. <p/> Grappling with space exploration, the perils of technology, and the limits of human power, <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> continues to be an enduring classic of cinematic scope.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Dazzling...wrenching...a mind bender."--<i>Time</i> <p/>"Brain-boggling."--<i>Life</i> <p/> "Full of poetry, scientific imagination, and typical wry Clarke wit. By standing the universe on its head, he makes us see the ordinary universe in a different light...[This novel becomes] a complex allegory about the history of the world."--<i>The New Yorker</i> <p/> "Clarke has constructed an effective work of fiction...with the meticulous creation of an extraterrestrial environment, the sort of extrapolation of which Mr. Clarke is a master."--<i>Library Journal</i><br> <i> </i><br> "Breathtaking."<b>--</b><i>Saturday Review</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Sir Arthur C. Clarke</b> (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 <i>Childhood's End</i>, <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>, and <i>Rendezvous with Rama</i>. <p/> 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 <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>, which he cowrote with Stanley Kubrick. <p/> 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. <p/> Clarke lived in Sri Lanka since 1956, engaged in diving, astronomical observations, and underwater tourism.
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