3001

Alternate Titles

• Three thousand one
• Final odyssey

Description

A thousand years after the Jupiter Mission, astronaut Frank Poole is recovered and revived. He is intrigued by how much has changed. Then he receives a warning that the Monoliths have decided to destroy the human race.

First Sentence

Captain Dimitri Chandler [M2973.04.21/93.106//Mars//Space-Acad3005]-or "Dim" to his very best friends-was understandably annoyed.

Description

It began four million years ago with a gleaming black monolith - an inexplicable apparition that ignited the spark of human consciousness transforming ape into man. It continued at the dawn of the twenty-first century when an identical black monolith was excavated on the moon - beginning the adventures of Dave Bowman, his deputy, Frank Poole, and the supercomputer HAL. Only Dave Bowman would survive to encounter a third, and far more massive, monolith on Jupiter's moon Europa - and be forever transformed into the star child. It is the world of 2001: A Space Odyssey. And now, the odyssey enters its perilous, ultimate stage. In 3001, the human race, incredibly, has survived, fearful of the trio of monoliths that dominate the solar system. Then a single hope flickers. The body of Frank Poole, believed dead for a thousand years, is recovered from the frozen reaches of the galaxy. Poole is restored to conscious life, and readied to resume the voyage that HAL abruptly terminated a thousand years ago. He knows he can't proceed without Dave Bowman. But first he must fathom the terrifying truth of what Bowman - and HAL - have become inside the monolith.

Subjects

Other Editions

• 3001: the final odysseyBallantine Books1997-01-01
• 3001 Odisea finalHardcoverCírculo de Lectores1997-01-01
• 3001BCA1997-01-01
• 3001PaperbackVoyager1997-11-03
• 3001PaperbackAlbin Michel1997-12-31
• 3001vgs1998-01-01