DLENAHAN@USC-ISIE@sri-unix (12/07/82)
From: Den Lenahan <DLENAHAN at USC-ISIE> I wasn't too impressed with 2010. It answers some of the questions left open by 2001, but, on the other hand, the open-endedness of 2001 was one of its pluses. I was going to say that the conversations in 2010 sounded too much like Mr. Wizard lecturing a Jr. High student. Especially when the other person responds, "I didn't know that!" to something that's almost intuitively obvious to a casual observer, let alone a scientist. But, over dinner tonight, I was reading the review in the January issue of Discover, and they say it even better: "The humans in this spacescape are hard to distinguish from one another; most sound like Clarke carrying on a conversation with himself." If you've read Michner's 'Space' you'll have a feel for Clarke's dialogue. However, if you're really curious to know what happened to David Bowman and the Discovery, this is the only way to find out! -------