num_pages: 271
description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Centenarian Heywood Floyd, survivor of two encounters with mysterious monoliths, once again confronts Dave Bowman, an independent HAL, and an unseen alien race.Only rarely does a novelist weave a tapestry so compelling that it captures the imagination of the entire world. But that is precisely what Arthur C. Clarke accomplished with 2001: a space odyssey.lt is even more unusual that an author is able to complement so well-received an invention with an equally successful sequel. But Arthur C. Clarke's 2010: odyssey two enthralled a huge audience worldwide.Now. in 2061: odyssey three. Arthur C. Clarke revisits the most famous future ever imagined, as two expeditions into space are inextricably tangled by human necessity and the immutable laws of physics. And Heywood Floyd. survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths, must once again confront Dave Bowman—or whatever Bowman has become—a newly independent HAL, and the power of an alien race that has decided Humanity is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether it wishes to or not.
language: English
title: 2061: Odyssey Three
titlecomplete: 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)
characters: Heywood Floyd, HAL 9000, Dave Bowman
genres: Science Fiction, Classics, Novels, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Fiction, Space Opera, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 30503
series: Space Odyssey
publisher: Del Rey