![]() ![]() ![]() Chandra is a man who has thrown his life into his work, his computers are his passion and bringing HAL back to life is his one goal. He has left his wife and young child behind, knowing that staying with them would have hurt him more than leaving ever could. While Frank Poole and David Bowman were both cold and mission-oriented characters, the characters of 2010 are richer and more personable. With the news that Discovery is slowly being pulled out of orbit, and is set to crash, Russia and America join forces, Leonev’s crew allows the three Americans to come aboard, and Leonev sets off for Jupiter. ![]() America has the valuable minds of Heywood Floyd, planner of Discovery’s initial flight, Walter Curnow, engineer, and Doctor Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai (aka Dr. Set nine years after astronaut David Bowman’s fateful flight to Jupiter, America and Russia are in a race to reach his craft, Discovery, and recover information from its databanks. ![]() While 2001 will always get more attention, don’t be too quick to ignore the sequel it deals with the same grand ideas as its predecessor, but it does so with a lot more style. 2001 lays some solid groundwork for a good story, but 2010 makes that story richer. I found the characters more compelling, the story more interesting, and the writing keeps pace. 2010 will never have the historical importance of 2001, but there’s a lot to love. Clarke’s fantastic follow-up to 2001: A Space Odyssey. ![]()
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