Title: 2001, a space odyssey /
Authors: Clarke, Arthur C. 1917-2008; Kubrick, Stanley
Publisher: ROC,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Computers Fiction.; Space vehicles Fiction.; Human-computer interaction Fiction.; Twenty-first century Fiction; Interplanetary voyages Fiction
Abstract: On the moon an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of the discovery that, for the first time, men are sent out deep into the solar system. But before they can reach their destination, things begin to go wrong.
Contents: Introduction to the millennial editon -- Foreword -- Part one : Primeval night. The road to extinction -- The new rock -- Academy -- The leopard -- Encounter in the dawn -- Ascent of man -- Part two : TMA-1. Special flight -- Orbital rendezvous -- Moon shuttle -- Clavius base -- Anomaly -- Journey by earthlight -- The slow dawn -- The listeners -- Part three : Between planets. Discovery -- Hal -- Cruise mode -- Through the asteroids -- Transit of Jupiter -- The world of the gods -- Part four : Abyss. Birthday party -- Excursion -- Diagnosis -- Broken circuit -- First man to Saturn -- Dialogue with Hal -- Need to know -- In vacuum -- Alone -- The secret -- Part five : The moons of Saturn. Survival -- Concerning E.T.'s -- Ambassador -- The orbiting ice -- The eye of Japetus -- Big brother -- Experiment -- The sentinel -- Into the eye -- Exit -- Part six : Through the star gate. Grand central -- The alien sky -- Inferno -- Reception -- Recapitulation -- Transformation -- Star child -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008).