Yes, it is undoubtedly a studio film, and looks like any other well-made 80s sci-fi movie, nothing like Kubrick's hyper-stylistic and psychedelic 2001: A Space Odyssey. I am an unabashed fan of 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Also, if you read my review of the 2001 audiobook, I can say that thankfully the narrator, not Clarke, read the prologue. As far as I'm concerned, none of these changes impact the story in either books or movies. He acknowledges this and more in his prologue in 2010. Clarke's 2001 had the monolith around Saturn, not Jupiter.
If you can get your hands on it, I wholeheartedly recommend this book.Ĭlarke openly admits that he effectively retconned a lot of what was in his original story to match what was changed in Kubrick's movie. All of the main characters in this book experience highs and lows, but in the end, you're left with a hopeful view of their futures. Each of them is given depth with small insights into their past Dave Bowman, in particular, has 5-7 minutes devoted to retelling an incident in his childhood that has repercussions for himself and his mother. Just like in 2001, Clarke does a fantastic job of weaving technical and scientific principles with a positive and empathetic attitude towards humanity, and that view permeates the primary characters in the book. And in the end, the solar system itself is fundamentally altered, as is humanity's view of his place within it. A joint USA-USSR mission is planned to launch and investigate in hopes of finding out what happened within the Jupiter system. What happened on the Discovery is still a mystery to those back on Earth. Whether or not the movie was already planned when Clarke wrote it, and whether or not that impact how he wrote it, I'm not sure.Ģ010 does a thoroughly wonderful job of expanding on the premise and themes set forth in 2001. However, it's my understanding that unlike 2001, this book was not made in parallel with the movie. The overall run time is just over 8 hours.Īs it's predecessor was, 2010 was made into a movie, titled 2010: The Year We Make Contact, and released in 1984. If there were any "please flip the tape" clips in it, they were thankfully edited out. The audiobook is a book-on-tape recording from 1982 and is narrated by John Stratton (sp?).
I can't even remember where I got my copy from, as it was about 5 years ago and had been buried in a folder deep inside my hard drive, but it definitely more of a "find" than a purchase. Clarke's 2010: Odyssey TwoĪs far as I can tell, this book is not available from any legitimate audiobook sites.
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