2061: Odyssey Three

2061 - Odyssey III is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke in 1987 He is a continuation of the Odyssey, 2010 -. The Year We Make Contact, the third volume of a comprehensive series of four volumes.

Content

50 years after Jupiter imploded and became a second sun, the world is peace on Earth after a nuclear war finally turned around. Sir Lawrence possesses the richest man in the world, the only private space fleet. During an organized science travel by spaceship Universe for Halley 's Comet, which was also the aged Heywood Floyd participates as a prominent guest, crashes another space ship in the fleet, the Galaxy, after a failed kidnapping attempt on the forbidden Jupiter 's moon Europa from. Floyd's grandson is on the crashed ship. While the crew of the Galaxy takes the opportunity to study the strange fauna of Europe, the Universe is called to the rescue. To save time, we ventured into the Universe an experiment: The water required for the fusion reactor is removed from the geysers of Halley. The attempt succeeds, and the Universe is on its way to Europe.

There they discovered now that the there emerged some time ago Mount Zeus is a huge diamond, which was blown off in the conversion of Jupiter in the star Lucifer from its core. In addition, you discover that the Great Wall, in the shadow of the most advanced form of life in Europe has created a settlement, the black monolith, which had disappeared since the creation of Lucifer.

Reception

Gerald Jonas of The New York Times describes the book as a pale sequel to the first two volumes of the series, but praised the visual and scientifically accurate description of the world.

The first edition of the book remained between 6 December 1987 and the April 10, 1988 19 weeks on the bestseller list of the New York Times, the paperback edition of 1989 6 weeks.

Expenditure

  • Arthur C. Clarke: 2061 - Odyssey III, Heyne Paperback, January 1988, ISBN 978-3453025653.
  • Arthur C. Clarke 2061: Odyssey Three, Delrey, April 1989, ISBN 9,780,345,358,790th
  • Arthur C. Clarke 2061: Odyssey Three, Tandem Library, April 1989, ISBN 9,780,833,533,920th
  • Arthur C. Clarke: 2061 - Odyssey Three, Ballantine Books, February 1997 ISBN 9,780,345,413,987th
  • Arthur C. Clarke: 2061 - Odyssey Three, HarperCollins, ISBN 9,780,586,203,194th
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