A review by corymojojojo
2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke

2.0

This was barely a book—felt more like half a book, if that. There was basically no plot, conflict, or climax and it just kind of ends. It’s incredibly inconsequential to the rest of the series, basically just exploring what the solar system might look like after 2010. Definitely felt like he wrote this book for no reason whatsoever. That being said it was a super quick read and I didn’t hate reading it, but it’s weIrd how much of a non-story it was. The synopsis on the back of the book doesn’t happen until literally the last 5 pages and it’s just a quick conversation wrapping things up. Otherwise, there’s literally no relevance to the monolith, Bowman, or the aliens, which you’d think would be the whole point of this series.