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Book, 1997
Current format, Book, 1997, First Ballantine Books trade paperback edition, Available .
Book, 1997
Current format, Book, 1997, First Ballantine Books trade paperback edition, Available . Offered in 0 more formats
"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001 ."--Carl Sagan
Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft--to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong...and what became of Commander Dave Bowman.
Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith that orbits Jupiter.
Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman--the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith--streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own . . .
"Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play."-- Time
" 2010 is easily Clarke's best book in over a decade."-- The San Diego Tribune
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