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Summary: Not Clarke's best!
Review: Arthur Clarke will go down in history as one of the best science fiction writers of all time. Unfortunately, this book is not worthy of him. He wrote it in just one month, and it reads like it. It's hardly well thought through, and falls flat on the mind. Stick with his earlier works.
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Summary: Very good conclusion.
Review: Frankly, I am surprised with all these negative reviews, and I advice anyone who hasn't read the book to read it and then decide for himself about the quality of it. First of all I want to say that Clarke is a genius, and you should respect that regardless of your thoughts about this book.Now, on to the book. I really loved it. It finally answers all the questions about the monoliths, Clarke gives interesting ideas about the fourth millennium, and there are some inconsistencies between this one and 2061, but that also applies for the previous sequels and is understandable considering the time lag between the books. Okay, maybe the virus endind is not that original (the reason I gave it 4 stars), but overall it's a great book. The series had to end sometime, and this is a worthy conclusion. Definitely recommended for every sci-fi fan, but make sure that you've read the previous books.
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Summary: gobble gobble
Review: This turkey shouldn't have been written. Flat, stale, unprofitable to read, and with a totally lame ending that leaves the reader unsatisfied. That it was written by Arthur Clarke makes it even more disappointing.
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Summary: Good concept, but never seems to develope
Review: The mystery of the monolith, being so cryptic and strange, is an exceptionally good concept for a science fiction plot. After all, everyone whoever saw 2001 wonders at times about the monolith. Sadly though, it seems that the author never really figured out how to develope this idea and ended up just dragging it out through 4 books. This sort of was an obvious let down for readers. I also felt that the series was more devoted to his idea of the future and the universe than delivering a real storyline. The storyline was merely used as tool to express his quite fasinating image of the future to the reader. I must admit, the fourth book is a bit predictable. He needed to finish off the series and was only capable of thinking up a medicore climax.
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Summary: Almost a Let Down
Review: After reading the 2010 and 2061 just so I can finally figure out the whole story behind the monolith, I finally get to read 3001. It is true what you hear about the book it is not exactly up to Par with 2001 or 2010. It is a very interesting story and takes the word Fiction in Science Fiction to a whole new level, at times I feel that ACC view of the future 1000 years into the future to be almost simple. We find the year 3001 technology not that far ahead of the technology in 2061. If the advancements made in technology during the later half of the 20th century, then I am sure that even if it slows down that we should be much farther ahead of what ACC has us at in 3001. This really isn't a big deal, other then the fact that 2001 and 2010 were drastically much further advanced then we are currently at, so therefore that alternate reality must have a drastic decline in intelligence in the last 9 centuries.
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Summary: Not Clarke at his best, but worthwhile
Review: As a big Arthur C. Clarke fan - he and Stanislaw Lem are my favorite sci-fi authors - I do agree with many reviews that 3001 is not on a par with his classics. Yet I found the book engaging, witty, and intelligent all the way through, especially ACC's visions of our scientific future. Space elevators all the way! It all could have been done with more drama, though. Admittedly, there are some oddities here. ACC's too-frequent commentaries on contemporary issues and events, especially his anti-religious ragings, are distracting. The sinister motives of the monolith-builders, and affecting a monolith with computer viruses, are a little odd. The monolith-builders sudden restriction to speed-of-light travel is a puzzle. But for anyone who has followed the monumental 2001 series, how can they miss the conclusion? There is plenty of the Clarke magic (but no mysticism!) here that should please his fans. And my worries about Frank Poole are finally over!
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Summary: Not a "Scientific" science fiction
Review: I love most of Clarke's works but this book actually drives me mad! If I did not know him, I would guess he did never saw a computer even from distance! How he did even imagined using a computer virus, 1000 years after it's creation on an alien computer? I really did not expect that from a world class SF writer. I think that flaw realy spoils the experience....
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Summary: Worthy Successor To 2001
Review: A beautiful book. Ignore the bad reviews. Get it for yourself and make your own opinion.I loved the book, I even cried at the end!
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Summary: The final insult
Review: This book represents the embarrasing and unfortunate effort of Arthur C. Clarke to continue to cash in on the high profile of both his name and one of the most famous science fiction series ever. Incredibly, Clarke brings back Frank Poole, who as it turns out was not actually dead after being subjected to the vacuum of space and abandoned by Discovery. Even if we could believe that the gravity of Jupiter or one of its moons would not pull in a human body in a thousand years allowing it to float out to a point near Neptune, the idea of a human body withstanding the lack of both oxygen and air pressure for one thousand years and being in a state of advanced hibernation is unthinkable. Clarke spends the bulk of the story showing us Poole's adaptation to life a thousand years in the future, and then makes one last attempt to explain his intentions for the monolith and Bowman/HAL. This attempt fails again, proving the futility of the continuation of this series. It is disappointing to see one of the most acclaimed science fiction authors ever destroying his reputation for the sake of staying in the public's mind and wallets.
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Summary: If you wanted to know more about the monolith...
Review: If you were of those persons who just WANTED AND NEEDED to know what the monolith is...this is the book !
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