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3001: The Final Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #4)
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bookshelves: g-sci-fi, sg-aliens-or-space, 2-stars, audiobook, pd-future
Nov 12, 2022
bookshelves: g-sci-fi, sg-aliens-or-space, 2-stars, audiobook, pd-future
I really should have stopped after 2010, but at least I finished the series.
In this finale, Clarke brings back a character from 2001 - the flight engineer of the Discovery, Frank Poole. It's been 1,000 years since Hal set him up to drift to death in a shuttle accident, but a crew working near Neptune spots his vehicle on their sensors, long frozen but somehow not dead. Bringing the story full circle with the original crew, Frank eventually finds himself in contact with the Star Child, David Bowman/Hal, from within the Jovian monolith.
What a ridiculous ending. The way humans kicked the can on the threat of the intelligence behind the monoliths was so simplistic and convenient. Defeating the beings behind Creation, or at least, Evolution, with something so comparatively low-tech? Dumb.
In this finale, Clarke brings back a character from 2001 - the flight engineer of the Discovery, Frank Poole. It's been 1,000 years since Hal set him up to drift to death in a shuttle accident, but a crew working near Neptune spots his vehicle on their sensors, long frozen but somehow not dead. Bringing the story full circle with the original crew, Frank eventually finds himself in contact with the Star Child, David Bowman/Hal, from within the Jovian monolith.
What a ridiculous ending. The way humans kicked the can on the threat of the intelligence behind the monoliths was so simplistic and convenient. Defeating the beings behind Creation, or at least, Evolution, with something so comparatively low-tech? Dumb.
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Reading Progress
October 4, 2021
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2-series-sequels-tbr
October 4, 2021
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June 5, 2022
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2-series-sequels-tbr
July 10, 2022
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3-series-sequels-tbr
July 17, 2022
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2-series-staging
October 17, 2022
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3-series-staging
October 23, 2022
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3-audio-staging
November 12, 2022
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71.0%
November 12, 2022
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g-sci-fi
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sg-aliens-or-space
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2-stars
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audiobook
November 12, 2022
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pd-future
November 12, 2022
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Finished Reading
