![]() ![]() The more mysterious their provenance and purpose, the more ''significant'' their Clarke never made the mistake of telling us too much about the thin black slabs that triggered most of the action. To be convincing, the depiction of the non-human must be kept vague, since anything readily comprehensible by the human mind would seem, byĭefinition, to fall short of the truly nonhuman. One of the great themes of scienceįiction is the confrontation with superhuman - or, more generally, nonhuman -intelligence. ![]() Like his earlier classic ''Childhood's End,'' both the book and the movie of ''2001'' (created more or less simultaneously) drew much of their power from their artful vagueness. Clarke had concluded that such a sequel would be ''clearly impossible.'' I don't know exactly what you said to him in your letter, Clarke's new novel, you are partly responsible for persuading the author thatĪ sequel to ''2001'' would be a good idea, long after Mr. ![]() Jorge Luiz Calife of Rio de Janeiro RE: Advisability of sequel to ''2001: A Space Odyssey.'' According to a note at the end of Arthur C. ![]() LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING By Douglas Adams. CHANNEL'S DESTINY By Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lichtenberg. Gerald Jonas regularly reviews science fiction for The New York Times Book Review.Ģ010 Odyssey Two. January 23, 1983, Sunday, Late City Final Edition The New York Times: Book Review Search Article ![]()
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