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A review by andiecurlybooks
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
4.0
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.