2061 - Odyssey III

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2061 - Odyssey III is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke from the year 1987 . As a continuation of Odyssey 2010 - The Year We Make Contact, it is the third volume in a four-volume series.

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Fifty years after Jupiter imploded and became a second sun, world peace has finally returned to earth . Sir Lawrence is the richest man on earth and owns the only private space fleet. During an organized science trip with the spaceship Universe to Halley's Comet , in which the aged Heywood Floyd is also participating as a prominent guest, another spaceship in the fleet, the Galaxy , crashes on the forbidden Jupiter moon Europa after an unsuccessful hijack attempt . Floyd's grandson is on the crashed ship. While the crew of the Galaxy takes the opportunity to study the strange fauna of Europe, the Universe is called to the rescue. In order to save time, one dares an experiment on the Universe : The water required for the fusion reactor is taken from the geysers of Halley. The attempt is successful and the Universe is on its way to Europe.

There one now discovers that Mount Zeus , which appeared there some time ago, is a huge diamond that was blasted from its core when Jupiter was transformed into the star Lucifer . It is also discovered that the Great Wall , in the shadow of which Europe's most highly developed form of life created a settlement, is the black monolith that had disappeared since the creation of Lucifer .

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Gerald Jonas of the New York Times describes the book as a pale continuation of the first two volumes in the series, but praises the pictorial and scientifically accurate description of the world.

The first edition of the book stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 19 weeks between December 6, 1987 and April 10, 1988, and the paperback edition from 1989 for 6 weeks.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald Jonas: Science Fiction. Reviewed in the New York Times, December 20, 1987.
  2. ↑ Best Sellers List, New York Times, April 10, 1988.
  3. ↑ Best Sellers List of Paperback Books, New York Times, June 11, 1989.