num_pages: 221
description: In the year 2001 an alien artifact is found on the moon. Tracking its radio signal in outer space, an expedition is launched with mysterious, haunting results. This edition is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is based on the screenplay of the MGM film. The film was based on a short story by Clarke called "The Sentinel."
language: English
title: 2001: A Space Odyssey
titlecomplete: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
characters: Dave Bowman, HAL 9000, Frank Poole, Heywood Floyd
genres: Classics, Space, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 305730
places: Outer Space
series: Space Odyssey
publisher: Signet