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3001 The Final Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
ISBN: 0345438205
ISBN-13: 9780345438201
Format: Paperback
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Summary
In the book "2001" astronaut Frank Poole was cryogenically frozen after Hal the computer killed him. In "3001" he's resurrected in a society far more advanced than the one he departed-one in which humankind is in serious danger.
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"The many social views implicit in the book are those of a sane, cultured man of the 20th century, those of, say, Mr. Clarke, whose interesting nonfiction addendum contains technical, historical, and personal notes that reveal the author's kindness and scientific knowledge." -- John Allen Paulos
-- New York Times Book Review
"This novel recapitulates, revisits major themes, gathers up a few loose ends from the previous three episodes, and loosens a few more. If there are no major surprises, none the less, he displays his pre-eminent power to imagine the extraordinary and describes it with conviction: a tower 30,000 miles high, the volcanoes of Io, the boiling ice of Europa."
-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 1999
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.55 pounds
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