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2001: A Space Odyssey shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s. An instant book and movie classic, its fame has grown over the years. Yet along with the almost universal acclaim, a host of questions has grown more insistent through the years, for example: who or what... read more

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Cast of Characters/Important People

  • Heywood R. Floyd: Floyd is chairman of the National Council of Astronautics, in charge of overseeing all American flight operations. He went on a mission back to Discovery.

First Sentence

Even in this metric age, it was still the thousand-foot telescope, not the three-hundred-metre one. ...

Series

This is book 2 in the Space Odyssey series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Arthur C. Clarke (Author)
 

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