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3001
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
In 3001: The Final Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke brings the greatest and most successful science fiction series of all time to its magnificent, stunningly unforeseen conclusion. As we hurtle toward the new millennium in real time, Clarke brilliantly - daringly - leaps 1,000 years into the future to reveal a truth we are only now capable of comprehending. An epic masterpiece at once dazzlingly imaginative and grounded in scientific actuality, 3001 is a story that only Arthur C. Clarke could tell.
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- John
- 20-09-15
I love this story
Arthur you are a legend. RIP while your legacy lives on. great book, one of the all time greats.
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- IanE
- 17-08-16
The end of the line...
enjoyed this final installment as much as the others... I find ACC's writing agrees with me.
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- Ioannis
- 20-08-15
An excellent epilogue to the Odyssey series
From one of the great masters of hard Science Fiction, this is the last book of his Odyssey series. Starting with Odyssey 2001, a project created together with Stanley Kubrick as a basis of the same titled film, Clarke created a multiverse of mankind's possible future in a Cosmos that we are not alone.
A notable scientist himself, Clarke does not fail to maintain the feeling of plausibility when inserting imagined technical advances to his storyline; at the same time he manages to show the interactions of humans who still retain many of the character traits we have today while clearly affected by the changes in human mentality he imagines to have occurred in the future.
Thoroughly enjoyable even as a standalone book but even more so as a conclusion to the entire series.
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- Marie Harrison
- 17-12-21
brilliant end to series
excellent ending to the space odyssey series. A nice balance of hard sci fi and whimsical futurism - the "gardener" made me laugh out loud.
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- Jerzy Migda
- 15-09-20
A rather bland, unspiritted revisitation
The narrative starts out promissingly but fails to maintain reader's interest after the initial three or four chapters. There's also some heavy reuse of material from previous novels - whole passages are simply copy-pasted with only minor editing. Just as bad as 2061.
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- Bill
- 03-03-18
Man of science, master of science fiction
Loved it, I knew I would, as when I was still able to read a whole novel, I read this one four times (with intervals between) and now being able to just listen is great. I would have been very disappointed if it had been abridged!
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- Boo Boo
- 06-05-17
OK, Not Great
What did you like best about 3001? What did you like least?
I liked the idea of completing the set of these Clarke stories, having listened to the other three.
This book is OK, but in the main is just description of supposed life in 3001, with a minor plot tacked on. I felt it was not one of Clarke's best.
Has 3001 put you off other books in this genre?
No.
What does Scott Brick bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Scott Brick is always a reliable reader with very few mistakes made.
Could you see 3001 being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
No, the plot is too thin.
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- Mark McNally
- 04-12-16
great start and finish,
great start and finish, intriguing story line, went a little off point in the middle
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- jane george
- 19-01-16
a fine classic science fiction story I loved it
a fine classic science fiction story by my favourite author I loved it and wish it had not finished.
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- Dave Moody
- 09-12-22
Best Forth Book In a Trilogy Ever
Whilst the heights of the 1st book in the Quad-trilogy may not have been reached this forth offering it does nicely tie up the set. Revisiting Frank's story raises question of living beyond your quota, and the ability to adapt. This is a theme Arthur C Clarke visits and revisits through the Space Oddessy stories.
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