3001: The Final Odyssey

3001: The Final Odyssey

<b>A Main Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club<br>Selected by the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club</b><br><br><b>€œ<i>3001</i> is not just a page-turner, plugged in to the great icons of HAL and the monoliths, but a book of wisdom too, pithy and provocative.€€"<i>New Scientist</i></b><br><br>The body of Frank Poole, lost for a thousand years since the computer HAL caused his death en route to Jupiter, is retrieved, revived€"and enhanced. In the most eagerly awaited sequel of all time, the terrifying truth of the Monoliths€ mission is a mystery only Poole can resolve.<br><br><b>Praise for <i>3001 The Final Odyssey</i></b><br><br>€œA one man literary Big Bang, Clarke has originated his own vast and teeming futuristic universe.€<b>€"<i>Sunday Times<br></i></b><br>€œWell-paced and absorbing . . . It is as a flight of fancy by the master of science fiction that <i>3001</i> makes its mark.€<b>€"<i>The Times<br></i></b><br>€œIn his exciting new novel, Clarke reveals the ominous answer about the ultimate purpose of the monoliths.€<b>€"<i>Daily Telegraph<br></i></b><br>€œSerene, uplifting, and icy clear.€<b>€"<i>Mail on Sunday<br></i></b><br>€œFrom the moment I picked it up, I couldn€t put it down. <i>3001 The Final Odyssey</i> is a tour de force that finally answers the questions that sparked the imaginations of an entire generation.€<b>€"Buzz Aldrin</b>