2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is beautiful science fiction, I am not even sure if you can actually refer to science fiction in this way, but to me the book is a thing of beauty. What I am trying to say is that everything fits together to produce a completely satisfying piece of writing that I am able to read again again. It’s like a painting or a sculpture that your are able to revisit and still derive the same pleasure from viewing it one to a million times. The film is just as emotionally charged for me invoking the same set of emotions. It is near to impossible to produce a timeless piece of science fiction. Concepts and ideas date badly in the genre leaving you with a flawed ill-conceived idea that was ground breaking and brilliant at the time, but on further analysis proves to be completely wrong. The moon being made of cheeses a flippant analogy but one I hope shows my point. 2001 is timeless and that if nothing else should hold it in good stead until the end of time! (How Corny was that!!!!)

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