great book. was a little confused by the apemen.

apemen, super space babies. evil robots who fear death. kinda weird. well written. quite good.

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Good book

Good book, fantastic narration. There’s something to be desired compared to the movie. I liked the ambiguous nature of the film, and I find Arthur over-explains some aspects of the story. Still a great listen for another perspective on the same story

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Really good

It was an awesome story provokes the mind.
It’s an audiobook I will listen to again

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The preamble by Arthur kinda spoils it

If you have not seen the movie or read this book skip Arthurs starting words.

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Transcendent

This is just a magical performance of a monumental work and I could not recommend it more highly.

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Classic Quasi-Screenplay

Arthur C. Clarke outlines in his introductory notes (written in 2000) that this book was a collaborative effort between himself and Stanley Kubrick - before the moon landing - to make a timeless Science Fiction film.. a "theme of mythic grandeur" in Kubrick's words. They succeeded.
The book is paced like a film, includes obviously cinematic sequences, and is imagery-heavy (well-suited to the director's vision). It is also, however, fed with example after example of imaginative SciFi posits (day-to-day life on the moon, rogue artificial intelligence, extraterrestrial communication/intervention, etc). It gets a little heavy on the metaphysical side towards the end, but it's a remarkably complete book.

As to presentation: Reader Dick Hill is noticeably average.. displaying professional timbre, cadence, and tone but overenunciation, too-slow pacing, and unspectacular voice-acting. Brilliance Audio sound editors exhibit extraordinary dedication to the project, however, incorporating sound modulation effects for dialogue delivered over the radio, for example. This is an "above-average" listening product overall.

All in all, this recording of '2001' rates 9 stars out of 10. I feel very fortunate to have found it on sale.. because it merits a Credit. Can recommend.

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From Man's Origin to Space

I gave this a listen before I watched the movie. I knew about HAL 9000 from general cultural references, but I got shivers when HAL said his signature line. Great visuals, and I can't wait to watch the movie now. #Audible1

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Bite sized story that offers a feast of ideas

A really interesting tale. Arthur C. Clarke's forward was my favorite piece to this whole book. I think it could have been a touch more fleshed out, but I'm used to 20+hrs of a story so I anticipate this is only due to my inexperience with a book of this length.

I think this book feels like three very disjointed tales, and I'd love a longer look at each. the tales were riveting and I had a hard time adapting to the change each time the story shifted.

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Timeless

Amazing story and narration, wish I had read or listened to this a long time ago.

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Wow!

An absolutely brilliant book. The movie was one of my favourite films, and now this book has cemented itself within a short list of superb literature I will revisit many times. What an amazing writer.

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