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WT Sharpe · 11-14-2013, 06:41 AM

I was going to read 3001 by Arthur C. Clarke, but couldn't remember for sure whether I'd read 2061, so now I'm reading 2061. I did read it before, but forgot just about everything that happened except for this:

Spoiler:

I've heard that 2061 is the most forgettable book in the series, and in my experience, so far that's true. I have no problem recalling the major plot points of either 2001 or 2010, although that may be helped by the fact I saw both of the film versions as well.

Note to Apple's spellchecker: When I type the word well, I mean "well", NOT we'll. We had this same discussion over the words it's and its. I'm getting really sick of this shirt.

11-14-2013, 06:41 AM	#18142
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I was going to read 3001 by Arthur C. Clarke, but couldn't remember for sure whether I'd read 2061, so now I'm reading 2061. I did read it before, but forgot just about everything that happened except for this: Spoiler: A Europan "shark" ate one of the astronauts, then promptly got the mother of all cases of food poisoning and died ("totally alien physiology," one of the scientists remarked). After that, none of the other sharks bothered the crew. I've heard that 2061 is the most forgettable book in the series, and in my experience, so far that's true. I have no problem recalling the major plot points of either 2001 or 2010, although that may be helped by the fact I saw both of the film versions as well. Note to Apple's spellchecker: When I type the word well, I mean "well", NOT we'll. We had this same discussion over the words it's and its. I'm getting really sick of this shirt. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 11-14-2013 at 04:40 PM.