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A review by essinink
2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke
4.0
It's hard to explain why I like this book as much as I do.
The specter of David Bowman and the iconic HAL don't make a direct appearance until nearly the end of the book, but their shadow--and those of previous events--weigh heavily on Heywood Floyd's mind.
Speaking of good old Heywood, whose character I have reluctantly come to not-dislike, his grandson is also in this book. He also goes by "Floyd." And, when I'm reading in the later hours of the evening, it's occasionally a tad confusing.
That's on me, though. Clarke gives plenty of cues.
But I do like it; I like it a great deal, even. It's a very smooth read, with some of Clarke's best descriptive writing, and--despite the slow pace and lack of forward plot movement for the series as a whole--is leaps and bounds ahead of [b:2010: Odyssey Two|117841|2010 Odyssey Two (Space Odyssey #2)|Arthur C. Clarke|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1337455371s/117841.jpg|615175].
The sly humor he sneaks in--turns out Spaceship insurance is risky business--only added to my enjoyment.
And that ending, where everything finally came together. It took the post-reading notes I'd planned on writing and tossed them out the window.
As an interquel, it's just about perfect, setting the stage for what I expect will be an amazing finish in [b:3001: The Final Odyssey|63432|3001 The Final Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #4)|Arthur C. Clarke|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388271918s/63432.jpg|2118902].
The specter of David Bowman and the iconic HAL don't make a direct appearance until nearly the end of the book, but their shadow--and those of previous events--weigh heavily on Heywood Floyd's mind.
Speaking of good old Heywood, whose character I have reluctantly come to not-dislike, his grandson is also in this book. He also goes by "Floyd." And, when I'm reading in the later hours of the evening, it's occasionally a tad confusing.
That's on me, though. Clarke gives plenty of cues.
But I do like it; I like it a great deal, even. It's a very smooth read, with some of Clarke's best descriptive writing, and--despite the slow pace and lack of forward plot movement for the series as a whole--is leaps and bounds ahead of [b:2010: Odyssey Two|117841|2010 Odyssey Two (Space Odyssey #2)|Arthur C. Clarke|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1337455371s/117841.jpg|615175].
The sly humor he sneaks in--turns out Spaceship insurance is risky business--only added to my enjoyment.
And that ending, where everything finally came together. It took the post-reading notes I'd planned on writing and tossed them out the window.
As an interquel, it's just about perfect, setting the stage for what I expect will be an amazing finish in [b:3001: The Final Odyssey|63432|3001 The Final Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #4)|Arthur C. Clarke|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388271918s/63432.jpg|2118902].