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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a fantastic story.Arthur C Clarke has delivered a masterpiece. Highly recommend it to anyone interested in reading a brilliantly crafted story.
adventurous
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Comencé un poco escéptico porque no fuí fan de la película de Stanley Kubrick, sentí que se enfocaba muchísimo en lo visual y olvidaba la narrativa por lo que no veía lo interesante en esta. Pero vaya que me sorprendió la novela, quizá y ahora debería darle otro intento a la película.
La historia sí que es interesante, pensar igualmente en la fecha en que fue publicada pues todavía no se sabía todo lo que se conoce ahora sobre el espacio y aún así tiene descripciones bellísimas e interesantes sobre este como si el escritor genuinamente hubiera visitado más allá de nuestra Vía Láctea. Con estás descripciones valoró más la habilidad que tuvo Kubrick para llevarlas a la gran pantalla.
Pero la novela va más allá de lo visual, también genera una conversación interesante sobre nuestros orígenes, propósitos, la tecnología y la evolución que hemos tenido y que nos falta por tener. Se me hizo muy corto y aún así lleno de tantísimos detalles y creando momentos increíbles de tensión y asombro ante un universo tan extenso, no he leído mucho de ciencia ficción pero realmente me sorprendí muchísimo de la capacidad que tenemos para imaginar otros mundos y de lo inmenso del universo, nada más por ello dudo que no existan otros mundos y seres igual o superiores a nosotros.
La historia sí que es interesante, pensar igualmente en la fecha en que fue publicada pues todavía no se sabía todo lo que se conoce ahora sobre el espacio y aún así tiene descripciones bellísimas e interesantes sobre este como si el escritor genuinamente hubiera visitado más allá de nuestra Vía Láctea. Con estás descripciones valoró más la habilidad que tuvo Kubrick para llevarlas a la gran pantalla.
Pero la novela va más allá de lo visual, también genera una conversación interesante sobre nuestros orígenes, propósitos, la tecnología y la evolución que hemos tenido y que nos falta por tener. Se me hizo muy corto y aún así lleno de tantísimos detalles y creando momentos increíbles de tensión y asombro ante un universo tan extenso, no he leído mucho de ciencia ficción pero realmente me sorprendí muchísimo de la capacidad que tenemos para imaginar otros mundos y de lo inmenso del universo, nada más por ello dudo que no existan otros mundos y seres igual o superiores a nosotros.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’ve been meaning to read this book for a decade plus. The film gets is pokes from the younger generation for being slow and cheesy, but I think upon deeper investigation it truly is a masterpiece of not only sci-fi, but of creative vision in general. The book basically being written along side the movie, does not disappoint. It might even captures a bit more of the surreal in its pages. I’m really impressed how well it holds up after so many years and massive leaps in technology. I think our progress in AI and the idea of a simulation are the only things missing to their full effect in this book. It doesn’t suffer for it.
“The conflict between mind and machine, might be resolved at last in the eternal truce of complete symbiosis. But was even this, the end? A few mystically inclined biologist went still further, they speculated, taking their cues from the beliefs of many religions that mind would eventually free itself from matter. A robot body, like the flesh and blood one, would be no more than a stepping stone to something long ago men had called spirit. If there was anything beyond that, it’s name could only be God.”
“The conflict between mind and machine, might be resolved at last in the eternal truce of complete symbiosis. But was even this, the end? A few mystically inclined biologist went still further, they speculated, taking their cues from the beliefs of many religions that mind would eventually free itself from matter. A robot body, like the flesh and blood one, would be no more than a stepping stone to something long ago men had called spirit. If there was anything beyond that, it’s name could only be God.”
Once again Arthur C. Clarke really does it for me! He is really able through simple prose to instill a sense of wonder and anticipation! Really love the film...now I really love the book too!
Will definitely be reading the others in the series!
UPDATE 2/16/23-
This may not have been the amazing re-read that I was hoping to have. I have been struggling to read a good book recently, the last 3 reads have been pretty big flops, so I thought, why not go back to a classic fave? This was slow, like glacially so, for most of the book, the only time this book picks up is in like the last 50 pages. I did not remember this, though maybe I should have as this is how the movie feels as well. The story, ideas, science, and philosophy are all excellent, which is why I will stick with my 4 star review from 2014, however the pacing was just not suited to a re-read. Maybe on the first read since you don't know what's going to happen the pacing feels more mysterious than slow, but coming back to the book was just more tedious than I was anticipating.
Will definitely be reading the others in the series!
UPDATE 2/16/23-
This may not have been the amazing re-read that I was hoping to have. I have been struggling to read a good book recently, the last 3 reads have been pretty big flops, so I thought, why not go back to a classic fave? This was slow, like glacially so, for most of the book, the only time this book picks up is in like the last 50 pages. I did not remember this, though maybe I should have as this is how the movie feels as well. The story, ideas, science, and philosophy are all excellent, which is why I will stick with my 4 star review from 2014, however the pacing was just not suited to a re-read. Maybe on the first read since you don't know what's going to happen the pacing feels more mysterious than slow, but coming back to the book was just more tedious than I was anticipating.
Absolutely mind blowing! Very much like the movie in a sense, its literally breathtaking and annoying in a good way! I just love this book and the movie!
And the special introduction by Mr. Clarke made me feel like I wanted to cry!
And the special introduction by Mr. Clarke made me feel like I wanted to cry!
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Inventive and interesting! There was some 1960s sci fi written by a man stuff (no female characters, the jump ships with feminine names because they were a little “unpredictable”) but genuinely cool ideas and neat worldbuilding.
2.5 rounding down. I really wanted to like this book more. However, it didn't work for me, lots of unnecessary deaths, random exposition, and a plot which doesn't really go anywhere while the main characters are paper cutouts with no real personality at all. The only slightly interesting plot-line about HAL is resolved pretty early and the rest of it is supremely forgettable.
Not sure I'll read the rest.
Not sure I'll read the rest.
8 / 10
Історія цікава, перший розділ має ще й сильні комічні елементи. Досить багато цікавих думок стосовно подорожей в космосі, чужоземного життя ітд, особливо враховуючи те, що книга вийшла в 60х роках
Історія цікава, перший розділ має ще й сильні комічні елементи. Досить багато цікавих думок стосовно подорожей в космосі, чужоземного життя ітд, особливо враховуючи те, що книга вийшла в 60х роках