 First Edition cover – 1982 | |
| Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Michael Whelan |
| Series | Space Odyssey |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | December 1982 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 291 (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-345-30305-9 (first edition, hardback) |
| Preceded by | 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Followed by | 2061: Odyssey Three |
2010: Odyssey Two is a 1982 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It is the sequel to his 1968 novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, though Clarke changed some elements of the story to align with the film version of 2001.
Set in the year 2010, the plot centres on a joint Soviet-US mission aboard the Soviet spacecraft The Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. The mission has several objectives, including salvaging the spaceship Discovery and investigating the mysterious "monolith" discovered by Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1983.[1] The novel was adapted for the screen by Peter Hyams and released as a film in 1984. The story is set nine years after the failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter.[2]
- ^ "1983 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ The novel version of 2001 featured the journey to Saturn instead: Clarke acknowledges this retroactive continuity in his author's foreword.