Arthur C. Clarke · novel-series
Space Odyssey books in order
A four-novel sequence about humanity's encounters with advanced extraterrestrial intelligence and the evolution of human consciousness.
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- 1 2001: A Space Odyssey
Book 1 · novel · 1968
From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other. This allegory about humanity’s exploration of the…
- 2 2010: Odyssey Two
Book 2 · novel · 1982
Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft—to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went…
- 3 2061: Odyssey Three
Book 3 · novel · 1987
Arthur C. Clarke’s 2061: Odyssey Three is truly a masterful elaboration on one man’s epic vision of the universe. Only rarely does a novelist weave a tapestry so compelling that it captures the imagination of the entire world. But that is…
- 4 3001: The Final Odyssey
Book 4 · novel · 1997
A thousand years after the Jupiter Mission, astronaut Frank Poole is recovered and revived. He is intrigued by how much has changed. Then he receives a warning that the Monoliths have decided to destroy the human race.
