"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001."; *Carl SaganNine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft; *to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong . . . and what became of Commander Dave Bowman.Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith that orbits Jupiter.Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman; *the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith; *streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own . . ."Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play."; *Time"2010 is easily Clarkes' best book in over a decade."; *The San Diego Tribune Publikace: 2010 - Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke. 2001: A Space Odyssey shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s. An instant book and movie classic, its fame has grown over the years. Yet along with the almost universal acclaim, a host of questions has grown more insistent through the years, for example: who or what transformed Dave Bowman into the Star-Child? What alien purpose lay behind the monoliths on the Moon and out in space? What could drive HAL to kill the crew? Now all those questions and many more have been answered, in this stunning sequel to the international bestseller. Cosmic in sweep, eloquent in its depiction of Man's place in the Universe, and filled with the romance of space, this novel is a monumental achievement and a must-read for Arthur C. Clarke fans old and new. Publikace: 2010 - Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke. Kniha rozhovorov novinárky a spisovateľky Evy Bacigalovej s paralympijským víťazom a predsedom Slovenského paralympijského výboru Jánom Riapošom. Jeho osud a celý život sa zmenil v sekunde, keď ako dvadsaťštyriročný úspešný mladý podnikateľ utrpel vážnu dopravnú nehodu, po ktorej zostal pripútaný na vozíček. Pre niekoho by takéto vážne poranenie mohlo byť dôvodom k zúfalstvu a depresii. Prvým dvom etapám sa dočasne nevyhol ani Ján Riapoš, našťastie, jeho reakciou na tragickú udalosť nebola rezignácia. Naopak, nová situácia mu udala nové životné smerovanie a ciele. Stal sa úspešným športovcom a špičkovým motivátorom, ktorý prednáša po celom Slovensku. Dnes s úsmevom opakuje: Mal som vždy šťastie...... 2010: Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke z kategorie Knihy | Cizojazyčná literatura | English literature | Fiction and Literature | Science Fiction and Fantasy od Del Rey Books naleznete ne e-shopu KnihyDobrovsky.cz!