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Summary: Perhaps the Greatest Sci-fi Novel Ever!!!
Review: This book is about a monolith that was left behind many years ago by aliens. The purpose of the monolith is to give knowledge to others to help them evolve. Dr. Haywood Floyd is there to determine what the monolith is for. Be sure to read this and it's many other books (2010:Odyssey Two, 2061:Odyssey Three, and 3001: The Final Odyssey). The story isn't over until you read them all!!!
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Summary: Really good, though I didn't read the normal version.
Review: I read a version of this book that was published before the movie, and then I saw the movie. Even though there are serious changes between the two, (in the movie their going to Jupiter, in the book Saturn.) I still think that if the version from after the movie is as well written as mine that every one on the planet should own a copy of it.
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Summary: Better than the film
Review: I'm not going to say much here. This is one of my very favourite books, in fact it's the book that really got me reading regularly outside school - for this reason it's very special to me.The film is great but I can't believe anyone could prefer it to the book; even if the two were equally scripted etc book would still beat film because books have so much more to offer in terms of atmosphere and character. For me, the only films better than the books on which they were based are Starship Troopers and cinema's greatest achievement: Bladerunner.
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Summary: This is better than the movie.
Review: This was a great book. The way Arthur C. Clarke can write is great. 2001 could make a good PC and Video Game. I would reccomend this book to all my friends.
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Summary: AMAZING!!!!! MARVELOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: What can I tell you? This book is just above all the other Odysseys, the movie is great, I REALLY recommend you to read it.
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Summary: Excellent book, classic movie
Review: I don't think one can review this particular novel, without reviewing the motion picture (they were created simultaneously). Not many movies come close to being as good as the novel. "The Godfather" and "Jaws" come to mind, as does "The Exorcist", but Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" (screenplay by Kubrick and Clarke) surpassed all expectations. Young viewers may not think so, but then, they have never seen this ground-breaking film in a theater or in cinerama. "2001" began early production in 1964 and was released in 1968 at a cost of $10,000,000 (an astronomical sum in those days). After the initial release it was reedited and shortened. The version I saw at the theater had an intermission, and during that intermission, the crowd's comments were almost as entertaining as the movie! "2001" was unlike anything that had ever graced the silver screen before. Sure, special effects have come a long way since 1968 (thanks to this movie), but it's surprising how well this classic has held up. As far as Arthur C. Clarke's adaptation of the movie (based on a short story "The Sentinel", I believe), when I first read it, I was mesmerized. I read it just so I could get a few hundred questions answered. Fortunately, not all my questions were answered, and it is the mystery that's at the heart of both novel and movie--the mystery of first contact, written and depicted as never before, or since. And who has not heard of the HAL 9000 computer? (Note: add one letter to the acronym HAL, and it reads IBM). It's been 30 years since I have read the novel, so I cannot tell you how it has stood the test of time. All I can tell you is that when I read the novel, I thought it would become a classic. Between 1 and 10, I give "2001" a solid 9.
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Summary: One of the best books ever.
Review: This is a story that will made you think of the nature of mankind in a whole new way.
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Summary: Incomprehensible
Review: This book it better the best. Forget about all the Stephen King books, or the Ray Bradbury's, Arthur C. Clarke is the master of fantasy. This book proves it. "More than a book, less than divine."
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Summary: this is really a great book
Review: This book written many years ago still facsinates us by its brilliant exposition of man's power of imagination !! Mr Clarke though by present standards indicates the specifications of the HALl computer as one even lower than some of the present generation computers Anyway this makes great reading
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Summary: Sci Fi Destilled!
Review: 2001 is the reason people should read sci-fi. Not based on the movie, but written while the movie was developed, they differ on some interesting points. Clarke tells his favoritte story once again; the first meeting between Man and the Alien. Allthough grander in scope than most of his stories, the simple, allmost musical writing style of Clarke never falters in this book. Short, presise and to the point. Science is the driving force of this story. Not the characters. This might put experiences readers off, but the book is in no way inferior for being so. It is just as much a classic on it's own domain as the Stanley Cubrik movie is. The book deals in a very compelling way with the if's and why's of existence. As usual when Clarke discuss these subjects, you get the notion religion doesn't hold a warm place in his heart. To me, that just makes the book that much more enjoyable... All of Clarke's best books tell the same story; Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama and Songs of Distant Earth -- maybe his best book, where the alien allso is Man.
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