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Description
2001: A Space Odyssey is the classic science fiction novel that changed the way we looked at the stars and ourselves.... 2001: A Space Odyssey inspired what is perhaps the greatest science fiction film ever made- brilliantly imagined by the late Stanley Kubrick.... 2001 is finally... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- David Bowman: David is a scientist and an astronaut aboard the Discovery spaceship.
- Frank Pool: Frank is a scientist and another astronaut aboard the Discovery spaceship.
- HAL 9000: HAL is a supercomputer which controls the Discovery spaceship.
Memorable Quotes
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“I am a HAL Nine Thousand computer Production Number 3. I became operational at the Hal Plant in Urbana, Illinois, on January 12, 1997. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The rain in Spain is mainly in the plain. Dave - are you still there? Did you know that the square root of 10 is 3 point 162277660168379? Log 10 to the base e is zero point 434294481903252... correction, that is log e to the base 10... The reciprocal of three is zero point 333333333333333333-333... two times two is... two times two is approximately 4 point 101010101010101010... I seem to be having some difficulty - my first instructor was Dr. Chandra. He taught me to sing a song, it goes like this, 'Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you.'”
HAL 9000
First Sentence
The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended.
Table of Contents
Series
This is book 1 in the Space Odyssey series.
Authors & Contributors
- Arthur C. Clarke (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Stanley Kubrick (Adapter) - The film was developed at the same time, the book was published after the film.
- Dick Hill (Narrator)
- Vincent DiFate (Illustrator)
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