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Die zweite Odyssee ›2001 – Odyssee im Weltraum‹ ließ einige Fragen offen: Was wurde aus David Bowman? Welchem Zweck dienen die außerirdischen Monolithen? Wer sind die Aliens, die die Menschheit seit Jahrtausenden beobachten? Wie konnte HAL die Besatzung des Schiffes töten? Wurde er manipuliert? Um das herauszufinden, machen sich Wissenschaftler und Kosmonauten an Bord des Raumschiffs Alexei Leonov auf den Weg zum Jupiter. Was sie dort finden werden, übersteigt ihre Vorstellungskraft ... When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s, the novel was quickly recognized as a classic. Since then, its fame has grown steadily among the multitudes who have read the novel or seen the film based on it. Yet, along with almost universal acclaim, a host of questions has grown more insistent through the years: Who or what transformed Dave Bowman into the Star-Child? What purpose lay behind the transformation? What would become of the Star-Child? What alien purpose lay behind the monoliths on the Moon and out in space? What could drive HAL, a stable, intelligent computer, to kill the crew? Was HAL really insane? What happened to HAL and the spaceship Discovery after Dave Bowman disappeared? Would there be a sequel? Now all those questions and many more have been answered. In this stunning sequel to his international bestseller, Clarke has written what will truly be one of the great books of the '80s. 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. German translation of "2010: ODYSSEY TWO", the 1982 best-selling science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, and the sequel to his 1968 novel "2001: A Space Odyssey". Clarke chose to continue the story of Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation with the same title, and not his original novel. The book is a part of Clarke's Space Odyssey series. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1983. The novel was adapted for the screen and released as a film in 1984 starring John Lithgow. EVEN IN THIS METRIC AGE, IT WAS STILL THE THOUSAND-FOOT TELEscope, not the three-hundred-meter one.