3001 the Final Odyssey"It is the world first introduced in 2001: A Space Odyssey. And now the odyssey enters its perilous ultimate stage. In 3001, the human race, incredibly, has survived, fearful of the trio of monoliths that dominate the solar system. Then a single hope flickers. The body of Frank Poole, believed dead for a thousand years, is recovered from the frozen reaches of the galaxy. Restored to conscious life, Poole readies himself to resume the voyage that HAL abruptly terminated a millennium ago. He knows he can't proceed without Dave Bowman. But first he must fathom the terrifying truth of what Bowman- and HAL- have become inside the monolith ..."--Page 4 of cover. |
Contents
The Firstborn | 3 |
Homage to Icarus | 67 |
Stranger in a Strange Time | 82 |
A Farewell to Earth | 93 |
Transit of Venus | 99 |
The Captains Table | 108 |
THE WORLDS OF GALILEO | 115 |
Ganymede | 119 |
The Little Dawn | 175 |
The Ghosts in the Machine | 178 |
Foamscape | 183 |
Nursery | 186 |
TERMINATION | 191 |
A Gentleman of Leisure | 193 |
Contact | 201 |
Judgment | 203 |
Grand Hotel | 123 |
The Madness of Mankind | 129 |
Apostate | 137 |
Quarantine | 142 |
Venture | 147 |
THE KINGDOM OF SULFUR | 149 |
Falcon | 151 |
Escape | 154 |
Fire in the Deep 158 7བའུཚོ 26 Tsienville | 163 |
Ice and Vacuum | 169 |
Council of War | 207 |
Chamber of Horrors | 212 |
Operation DAMOCLES | 220 |
Preemptive Strike | 223 |
Deicide | 228 |
Pico | 234 |
Epilogue | 237 |
Sources and Acknowledgments | 238 |
Valediction | 257 |
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