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OC: The Emperor Jones EX: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Super Crunchers

Saturday by Ian McEwan 7/21/08 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 7/22/08 The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill 7/22/08 Super Crunchers (#165) by Ian Ayres 7/23/08 Cannery Row by John Steinbeck 7/24/08

... that the film would be better. Sadly, aside from the CG dragon stuff, the film was even worse. Even the book version of 2001: A Space Odyssey is better than the film and the film and the book were created at the same time.

... it up again later. 13. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde (400 pp) 14. Faded Steel Heat by Glen Cook (368 pp) 15. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (320 pp) 16. Eastern Standard Tribe Cory Doctorow (224 pp) I tried to read Lord Foul's Bane, but couldn't get past the ...

... isn't how it's always been: It's a completely human creation that can be changed in just the same way as it came to be. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke The film and the book - both remarkable and unforgettable. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick The ...

... for his uncanny ability to write about a future that is actually happening and his transcendental philosophies in both 2001: A Space Odyssey and a non-1001 book, but equally good, Childhood's End. -- M1001

... was waiting for me after my holiday: Jennifer Government by Max Barry Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 2001: a space odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke and Beyond the blue event horizon by Frederik Pohl

... mention to The Talented Mr. Ripley, for best T-crime novel, The Three Musketeers, for best T-classic novel, and 2001: A Space Odyssey, for best T-scifi novel. -- M1001

... of the millions of sequels, spin-offs and clones. Also, to be fair, they probably thought they were in an okay copy of 2001 and were just taken by surprise when Danny Boyle decided to turn the last third into the hedge-maze scene from The Shining.

#17 2001 A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke

#17 2001 A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke

I shouldn't butt in on my own clues, I know, but that sounds a lot like it could be 2001, a Space Odyssey to me. ETA touchstones

...grow a quiff ...underage drinking ...see Nirvana or Morphine play live ...watch 2001: A Space Odyssey without wishing the world had been more like that.

... I'll add it to my list anyway! I've read each of these books several times: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Rendevous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke There are many others in my list, but most are not SF.

... books of (2) Jack Vance (Durdane and Tschai), (3) The Dune Serie Frank Herbert, (4) Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey), and (5) some of A.E. Van Vogt (World of Null-A).

... I think Neverwhere the book and Neverwhere the series sort of happened at the same time (sort of like what happened with 2001: A Space Odyssey and the movie. . .). There is little different between the two.

Cliff, My suggestion before watching Wings of Honneamise: Forget that 2001 was ever mentioned in the same breath. It's a pretty good bit of animation. Very pretty and doesn't rely on the action, violence and weird sexuality that so much Anime leans on like a crutch. But 2001 quality? Nah.

Wings of Honneamise, better than 2001? Never. It's not bad, but let's be realistic here. Hey, that one isn't available on DVD any more, is it? Did they rerelease it?

HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Because he's a computer, he has no feelings at all. You can't stop him. He's perfectly reasonable.

... Stand by Stephen King Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina by Kevin Anderson The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells The Early History of Rome by Livy Smith of Woo ...

... space stations, space walks,satellities and maybe human colonisation on other planets in the future. Don't I wish. 2001 is my favorite sci-fi book and one of my favorite movies, but it also makes me sad. Like it represents the future that should have been.

#85, rojse, "Blade Runner", "2001", "Brazil", "Gattaca", and "Children of Men" Had you never seen these before? Man, I envy you the big block of quality you are enjoying right now! Don't ask why I'm randomly picking this from the list above, but I would suggest you rent The City of Lo ...

My list: I agree with Cliff, 2001 is the current topper of sci-fi movies. If you can't sit through the movie, try reading the book first and then seeing the movie again. I dunno, it worked for me at least. Kubrick's Clockwork Orange is no slouch either. Alien and BladeRunner. I wish Ri ...

I've always wanted to see 2001 on the big screen. I am jealous!

But 2001 is only ever mentioned as the first book. For instance, you wouldn't call The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - The Lord of the Rings or the Narnia books The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - Narnia. My gut instinct is to agree with lorax, but I didn't want to overwrite ...

I was looking at 2001, 2010, 2061 and 3001. They have been linked together by the first book title 2001, but my understanding is that the series is actually called Space Odyssey (he was working with Stephen Baxter on a companion series, Time Odyssey). I don't want to create a new ...

... Monsters the movie about rocks that attack? The opening scene should be a recreation of the 'Dawn of Man' sequence from 2001 that ends with the monolith toppling on the cavemen, killing them.

I'm alone in space, my crewmates killed by a psychotic artificial intelligence, approaching Saturn in Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

... *** 4. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman *½ 5. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson ***½ 6. Stardust by Neil Gaiman *** 7. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke **½ 8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams ****½

... Byrd were excellent. 2007, 81 pp. Rating: 4 http://1morechapter.com/2008/02/16/good-masters-sweet-ladies/ #15: 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Have you ever seen the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and wondered what the heck was going on? The book by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Cliff, no implausibilities were needed to spoil Sunshine for me. Just changing it from a 2001-ish "ain't space exploration tough" movie to a slasher flick killed it for me.

... looking to increase my TBR pile. I was wondering about your Top 3 wishlist books for books to be bought. Here's mine: 2001 Ultimate Hitchhiker's guide 1984 I'm curious about yours, let me know..

... 10 books? Well, that would be pretty subjective, no? I would say (though this isn't necessarily 'in order'): 2001: A Space Odyssey 2010: Odyssey Two 2061: Odyssey Three Childhood's End Rendezvous With Rama A Fall of Moondust The Fountains of Paradise Imperial Ea ...

He was perhaps the only one of the Grand Old Men of sf whose early works have barely aged. 2001, Childhood's End, The City and the Stars, Rendezvous with Rama, A Fall of Moondust, short fiction such as 'The Star', 'The Nine Billion Names of God'... all these are still good reads today. ...

... Arthur C. Clarke dies In many ways I think he had more impact on me than any other author. I originally read 2001 in my formative early teens. That was my introduction to 'hard' sci-fi. What I remember really impressing me about that book was that as mind-boggling as the story ...

What an interesting thread. I always wonder about people's usernames. My name is from 2001: A Space Odyssey -- Moon-watcher is the smartest of the group of apes in the beginning of the book. I never read it in its entirety, but the first chapter was printed in my high school mythology textbook. ...

... - Charles Bukowski 3. The Road - Cormac McCarthy 4. Ralph Nader : Battling for Democracy - Kevin Graham 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke 6. The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells 7. The Murder at the Vicarage - Agatha Christie 8. Blowback, Second Edition: The Co ...

I read 2001 (for the first time) when I was 15 or so, true. But I have reread it since then. Childhood's End I was mid-twenties. Caves of Steel early twenties. I can see what you are saying, but my wife first read 2001 last year and she liked it quite a bit. I hadn't read Foundation ...

I dunno. 2001 was one of the first sci-fi books I read. I think Arthur C. Clarke is a master of explaining hard sci-fi concepts in a simple fashion. Plus, since the book is so old, it explains a lot of things that your average sci-fi reader takes for granted. I also think Childhood's End, ...

I'm not too sure about 2001. I can't say why, but it just doesn't strike me as a very good introductory book from what I remember. Dune might also be a bit heavy for an introduction, but is definitely worthwhile. I suppose it depends on what they do like to read. For example, ...

... for what little they are worth: Dune, Frank Herbert Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 2001: A Space Odyssey Sir Arthur C. Clarke The Forever War, Joe Haldeman Gateway, Frederik Pohl I think that there is plenty enough variety in those ...

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Review to come later. 1001: 4/20 Non-fiction: 0/20

Jum... me había pasado por alto lo de los Touchstones... Veamos: - 2001 - Contact - Minority Report y otras historias Mola :

... fun movie. But I remember drifting off when he hits the disco village. Isn't he in a dress at some point? I'd agree that 2001 is cold, but the tone seemed right for that particular movie. I don't know if I'm opening a can of worms here, but some bad sci-fi that I love is any of the Toho ...

... years, plus one I built myself a few years back (made out of MDF and painted blank - its proportions are 1:4:9 - spot the 2001 reference!). Anyway, my plan is to kit out the library with lovely floor to ceiling shelving of some sort (when I get around to it - it's in the pre-planning stage at ...

... Tale Neuromancer The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Interview with the Vampire Slaughterhouse Five 2001: A Space Odyssey Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Solaris Foundation I, Robot 1984 The Little Prince The Hobbit Brave New World The War ...

... I started out with Ursula K. Le Guin's A wizard of earthsea, but my love for science fiction literature started with 2001: A space Odyssee. I was blown away by that novel and after passing my English exams (and reading some more SF like The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham and The Hitch ...

... like Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet and The Runaway Robot( I still think The Runaway Robot is a lot of fun). Then the 2001 tie-in, then a little RAH- Farmer in the Sky, Orphans in the Sky(those two pretty much over my head at the time).There are other things sandwiched in there, I don't ...

I clicked on the edit pencil for a book I hadn't looked at in a while (since before the renovation). I edited the Publication and Dewey fields. Then I noticed that, even though my Summary field was not in the conventional format and thus not auto-generated (it was, and is, "President Nixon: Alone ...

... ey 13. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 14. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 15. 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 16. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 17. Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 18. The Body Artist ...

I got the following from the library book sale: The Shining by Stephen King 2001: A Space Odessey by Arthur C. Clarke In the Dark of the Night by John Saul (wrong touchstone) and a collection of Edgar Allen Poe stories

Still reading Everything She Ever Wanted but I picked up 2001: A Space Odessey and The Shining at the library for $.50 to add to my 1001 Books TBR pile. I also picked up a John Saul book as well as an Edgar Allen Poe short story collection that has some good stories in it and some ...

... hasn't been mentioned yet. Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius and The Aleph by Borges is a favorite (I think the monolith in 2001 a Space Oddesy is an Aleph). Some authors that haven't been mentioned yet (by no order of preference): Cynthia Ozick, Julio Cortazar, Silvina Ocampo, Danilo Kis ...

48. 2001: a space odessey 49. the thirteenth tale 50. crocodile on the sandbank I made it!!!!!!!!!!

2001: A Space Odyssey also involves a funny cube, but the cover wasn't what you described. I remember the cover that amysisson is describing - the horn is somewhat clear and green, right?

... be too vague of a question, but what is your favorite type of science fiction story? For me, I love hard sci-fi in the 2001 mold. Near future stories set within the solar system about encounters with aliens or alien artifacts. Usually very technical descriptions of life in space with pretty ...

Stephen Baxter's Titan (and Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 for that matter) makes me mad at how far behind we are in the manned space program. (Baxter's Voyage will probably do the same thing once I read it.) We should be so much farther along. Baxter's affection for the space program is ...

I just started 2001 A Space Odyssey.

... Capote Bonjour Tristesse - Francoise Sagan Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier Leaving Las Vegas - John O'Brien 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke A Town Called Alice - Nevil Shute Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres A Bridge Too Far - Cornelius Ryan D ...

I'm reading Dracula and 2001, as well as listening to Dune on CD, quite a mix.

HAL, the computer in 2001, A Space Odyssey Robert

... be John Steinbeck. Since this is the Sci Fi board and neither of those is SF, I guess I would say favorite book was 2001: A Space Odyssey which was my first introduction to hard SF. Favorite SF author would be a tie between Arthur C. Clarke and good ol' Isaac Asimov.

... Umberto Eco. 3. Comedy: Tristram Shandy 4. Horror: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 5. Science Fiction: 2001: A Space Odyssey gets this by default since I have read very little sci fi. 6. Experimental: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 7. Romance: If ...

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke

... none of them did much for me. To give an idea of what I like to read, this is what I picked up at the library today: 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke A Mathematician's Apology by G.H. Hardy The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays, and Poems of Oscar Wilde Selected ...

I suppose I'd know it if I saw it. I consider books such as I, Robot, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Mission of Gravity to be "classic" science fiction. Many instances of classic science fiction include these themes: -alien(s) -spaceship(s) -artificial intelligence(s) (and often two or all ...

... Forever War, I Am Legend, Babel-17, Earth Abides, Lord of Light, Flowers for Algernon. If you haven't read 2001 I'd recommend it (or just about anything else by Arthur C. Clarke - read it, then double check the first published date and boggle). I firmly believe that Snow ...

... of Time Minerva and Pallas Athene - Time Enough for Love ditto, and Gay Deceiver - The Number of the Beast H.A.L. - 2001: A Space Odyssey Holly - Red Dwarf and LOTS more.

... wrote, even if it was the phone book. Clarke gets an honorable mention but except for Rendezvous with Rama and 2001: A Space Odyssey can't get that excited about him.

... I also think of Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama series, not to mention of course his 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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... be Arthur C. Clarke. I love Isaac Asimov and his robots (more than Foundation... shh...), but Mr. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey introduced me to hard sci-fi. After that I read Rendezvous With Rama and Childhood's End. I still have a soft spot for first alien contact ...

... a Buick 8 by Stephen King Four Past Midnight also by Stephen King The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke The Seven Spears of the W'dch'ck by Lionel Fenn

The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke Now THAT will pull you in!!

... catalogued so far. The three Philip Pullman books, Aldous Huxley's, Brave New World, and Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 a Space odyssey. I've also have read George Orwell's 1984, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring (owned, but in a different edition), Margaret At ...

... follow up to the Hitchhiker's Guide. I enjoy all the rest of the series, but I feel only this one really lives up. 5) 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke. It's a beautiful book. I like the series as a whole, but not enough to include them all as one item. Edit: Added reference ...

... ooklyn "The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended." - 2001: A Space Odyssey I have more - but I'll stop now!! :-) edited to add Touchstones

... so since. I suppose I ought to, but watching the hugely overrated film version does not tempt me to re-attempt the book. 2001: A Space Odyssey is a little weird in that the book was written concurrently WITH the movie. The movie was not made from the book, nor was the book a novelization of ...

... even speaking as someone who, as can be seen from my library, am no stranger to reading classic Russian literature. 2001: A Space Odyssey - I love a lot of classic SF (Wells, Wyndham, Asimov) but have never been able to understand why this is so highly regarded. I read it at school, but ...

My first question is *why* 1984 doesn't come up on search. Does it require at least one Alpha character? 2001 also gets nothing, but '2001 a' gets lots? I'd say that needs fixed. Anyway, the reason you have different numbers is that LT can't always tell that two books are really the same. Th ...

... don't like them. I too object to the inclusion of pure fantasy on a "science fiction" list. And I can't understand how 2001 missed out - I reread it about 12 months ago, and am just amazed at how well it has aged. I've read about half of these, I guess, with several more of them on the "t ...

I think the reason 2001 isn't on the list is because the movie is so well known. I don't put much faith in a list that calls Anne Rice, Terry Brooks and even Tolkien "Science-fiction". Their books have NOTHING to do with science, and are in FACT "Fantasy".

Um, I noticed that Clark's 2001 isn't on the list. It might not be the very best he ever wrote, but I think it's an important science fiction novel, along with Stranger in a Strange Land (which I reread a year or so ago and found much too dated to enjoy as I had the first time when I was in my ...

... Interesting to see A Canticle for Leibowitz on the list. I've never read it, but it's refered to in James Michener's Space

I'm pretty late into this topic but I DO have ALOT of books that were made into movies. 2001 A Space Odyssey I never understood until I read the book. The Right Stuff and Gorky Park were pretty good movies, but the books were better. "Gettysburg" based on The Killer Angels was ...

... come I don't seem to able to load ANY books from the Library of Congress (only Amazon)anymore? Examples: Gorky Park 2001: A Space odyssey

Not to start up the Kubrick debate again, but 2001: A Space Odyssey was originally a short story called The Sentinel.

... in Fight Club the movie seemed much more fleshed out than they were in the book. Both the movie and book versions of 2001 are equally good in their own ways. The book was more in depth, but the visuals in the movie were fantastic, and it did a much better job of capturing the abject ...

With th exception of 2001: A Space Odyssey which was basically written from the movie, I'd say, quite possibly the best movie made from a book would be 1984. I think it expresses the nature of totalitarianism much more effectively than the book, and the ending is much more convincing on film (I ...

I'm old enough that I remember having my father take me to see 2001 in the theater (as a reward for passing some test) and waiting eagerly for the last two of Lloyd Alexander's Prydain novels to come out. I wonder if anyone else here is old enough to remember the 'Space Cat' novels, as that ...