Douglas Adams-esque but American. The action got a lot more ramped up in the end... very entertaining -- the technobabble in it is also believable, which is a plus. Though, I did find the way the female characters were written to be a bit dubious. Alas, such is the way of '80s science ficion...

My main gripe is now I have to figure out what to read next after this. Perhaps the original 2001 screenplay, or the various "making of" books that are out there regarding the two movies in the Space Odyssey series, or academic essays...

I definitely liked this one a lot more than 2061, I'll have to give that one a proper reread sometime. I'd say that 3001 and 2010 are tied in second place when it comes to my favorite books in the series... well, 3001 might be a close third... I greatly enjoyed seeing Frank again, and although I was spoiled about the existence of Halman, I was delighted to see the two fused nonetheless.

I am pleased to see that Floyd being part of the Monolith was retconned. I thought that was so dumb. I still wish we could've seen more about how Halman came to be. A book from Hal's perspective, actually, would've been so cool. As satisfying this book was when it came to answering some questions posed in the series, I'm still hungry for more.

Naturally, there is the world of fan fiction. Not to mention that each entry in the Odyssey series is technically one out of many alternate universes. I've read a few good ones... however, perhaps it's my turn to write my own Odyssey-themed rambles.

I do think, however, that there is another spinoff series. Maybe I'll read that next. I'm not ready to move on from this series yet!

I cannot lie, when I read the first few paragraphs and found out that Heywood Floyd was ONE HUNDRED AND THREE YEARS OLD due to having lived in low gravity I was so annoyed. I do not give a fuck about that man. Let him die normally. And then he somehow got involved with the Monolith/Firstborn. Goodbye. Floyd is so BORING.

I've heard, though, that this one is definitely the slowest out of the trilogy (..of four). I did enjoy the dynamics of the crew on the Galaxy, however. Not a bad book by any means, I was just expecting to see more Starchild Dave and Hal.

Oh... I love seeing Hal slowly become himself again... I'm so curious on how this would've panned out if Dr. Chandra didn't wipe his memories of his psychotic break.

And the end! When Dave saves him from the Jupiter supernova! How confused and scared Hal is... The parallels to be drawn between that and Dave having to let Frank's body go into the abyss of space when Hal wouldn't open the Pod Bay door... The fact that even though Dave is now an incorporeal being, he still desired companionship, and found that in Hal... Oh, I love these two so much.

I think my appreciacion of the book heigtened tenfold when I watched the movie. To get the full experience, you need both. The lobotomy scene (Dave disconnecting HAL's logic center) was so powerful, and the minute differences between each are so interesting... I don't think I'd be nearly as sympathetic towards Hal if I didn't read the book first.

One thing that sticks out to me in particular is the differences of what transpired after Frank's death. The way Hal acts in the book towards Dave is, for lack of a better word, almost possessive? I'm not sure. There's something to be said about how cagey he gets when Dave talks about reviving the survey team.

Unbelievably funny. The first time that a ~400 page book captivated me enough for me to finish it in less than a week.

They fucking blew up.

This is the lamest one out of the HHGTTG trilogy. The beginning was really strong but it lost me in the end. I tried so hard to like Fenchurch but I just couldn't.

So awesome. This is one of the best examples of wonderfully done hard sci-fi.

Surprisingly funny and wonderfully morbid... I finished it in a day and a half. I can certainly see the influence that Vonnegut's writing had on Douglas Adams.

This is required reading.

This is the best one out of the HHGTTG trilogy.