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Rent 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Format: Mass Market Paperback, Unabridged-CD, Unabridged-MP3
Publisher: New Amer Library
Published: Aug 1993
Genre: Fiction - Science Fiction - General
Retail Price: $9.99
Pages: 297
Synopsis
Written in tandem with the screenplay for the Stanley Kubrick-directed film, both introduce HAL, a computer that takes off on a mission of its own, propelling the spaceship it controls past the original destination to an exploration of humankind's past, present, and future potential. Once ground-breaking, now a classic,
Reviews
This was quite good in its time. And well worth reading if you never have, in order to get a feel for that past era. I especially like the beginning with the cavemen.