Space Odyssey Series by Arthur C Clarke

The Space Odyssey Series is one of the true classic Science Fiction series, written by the late Sir Arthur C Clarke. Originally to be written as a screenplay with Stanley Kubrick, it was eventually decided both novel and film should be written simultaneously. In the end, the novel was released a few months after the film, in 1968. The idea for 2001 was based loosely on Clarke's short story "The Sentinel".

It wasn't until 1982 that Clarke returned to the 2001 story and made the sequel 2010. 2061 and 3001 eventually followed, however only 2001 and 2010 have been adapted into films.

reviews in the series

The Lost Worlds of 2001

by Arthur C Clarke

The Ultimate Trip started with a story called The Sentinel, by Arthur C Clarke. It took flight when Stanley Kubrick asked Clarke to write a novel of space exploration. The Result was on of the most extraordinary films of all time. In this book you can find the original story of how this all happened and the interplay between two of the brightest imaginations of the 20th Century. This is Artur C Clarkes account of the unique chemistry between Author and Director which created 2001, a space ody...

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reviewed on Saturday 01 November 2008

2061

by Arthur C Clarke

The third installment in the Space Odyssey series sees Halleys Comet make it appearance while the monoliths are encountered again near jupiter. Can doc Hollywood find Dave and HAL or are they changed beyond recognition...

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reviewed on Saturday 01 November 2008

2001

by Arthur C Clarke

2001: A Space Odyssey was Clarke's first venture into the film world. Kubrick and Clarke had previously met in 1964 to discuss the possibility working togeher on a film project. As this idea developed, it was decided that the story would be loosely based on the short story The Sentinel, written by Clarke in 1948 as an entry in a BBC short story competition. Clarke was originally going to write the screenplay for the film, but this proved to be impractical. Instead, they both decided it would ...

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reviewed on Saturday 01 November 2008

2010

by Arthur C Clarke

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 wrong . . . and what became of Commander Dave Bowman.
Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith tha...

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reviewed on Thursday 21 August 2008

3001

by Arthur C Clarke

In 3001, the human race has, unbelievably, survived, living in fear of the trio of monoliths that dominate the solar system. Then a small hope flickers to life. The body of Frank Poole, thought dead for a thousand years, is recovered from the deep frozen reaches of the galaxy. Restored to conscious life, Poole prepares himself to resume the voyage that HAL terminated a thousand years ago. He knows he can't go ahead without Dave. But first he must understand the truth of what Bowman and HAL ha...

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reviewed on Saturday 01 May 1999