MINSKY@MIT-OZ@sri-unix (12/07/82)
I was immensely impressed by Clarke's new book. Almost every short chapter develops an interesting idea. (Some years ago he said the skyhook novel would be his last book and he would then just go fishing.) As for literary criticism, if you want appealing character development, try Shakespeare - but you won't get many new ideas for our time. Most critics complained that the characters in 2001 were boring missed Clarke's and Kubrick's principal intent - to show how immature and trivial today's Man seems against the background of the universe. -------