| Dave Bowman is an astronaut and a scientist. He and Frank Poole, another astronaut, team up with a super smart computer who can think for himself, the HAL 9000. Two years previously, a huge black monolith was discovered buried in a crater on the moon. As soon as the object saw lunar dawn for the first time in millions of years, it sent out a signal to saturn. Now the astronaut team has to visit Jupiter to find out about an alien race. But when HAL goes crazy and tries to take over the mission himself, there is a struggle, and Dave Bowman is the only one of the crew left alive. He finds himself facing something no human alive has ever faced, millions of miles from his homeland, all alone--a very odd hotel room. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes Explore: Robots, Computers, VR Yes Robot, PC, VR Plotlets: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Descript. of chases or violence - 10 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 60 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Main Adversary Identity: - Computer Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book. How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Genius (really!) Setting Terrain Which planet? - Saturn A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - neutral aliens - empty, or nearly empty world Planet outside solar system? Yes Not Earth, in Solar System? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog |
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