2010: Odyssey Two (ENG)

"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001."; *Carl SaganNine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft; *to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong . . . and what became of Commander Dave Bowman.Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith that orbits Jupiter.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 . . ."Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play."; *Time"2010 is easily Clarkes' best book in over a decade."; *The San Diego Tribune

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