![]() ![]() ![]() There are also other minor difference but contrary to expectations they do not disappoint the reader. Thus, Clarke chose to focus on Jupiter, instead of Saturn, as in the first part. Observations and conclusions from viewing space objects, and especially Jupiter, added more to the human understanding about the universe. Between the publishing of the two novels, technology increased at amazing rates. In this novel, however, the monolith is now floating around Jupiter. How great a statement and how perfectly it fits into the whole grand concept of Clarke’s masterpiece.Ģ010 Odyssey Two obviously takes place 9 years after the tragic destiny of Discovery, the space ship sent to examine Saturn, which found the same strange monolith structure, as the one on the Moon. They indeed feature common characters, but not necessarily in the same universe. As the author himself points out, the four parts of Space Odyssey MUST be regarded as separate pieces of literature. When writing a science-fiction novel of the calibre of Arthur Clarke’s Space Odyssey it is totally understandable, if not absolutely expectable, that the sequel would not follow exactly the events that preceded it. ![]()
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