3001: The Final Odyssey

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Ditto, What other books do you have? My favs are the RAMA series whats yours....?

 

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I believe I've read every book of Arthur C. Clarke except the original Rama (I started on the sequel and never read the first one). I think the most radical from all of them was probably Childhood's End, but my favorite was the short story collection called 'The Sentinel,' he wrote in the short story of the same name about a guy who went to the moon and found a small pyramid there. It was his very very very first draft of 2001.


But as for the technologies you describe, kmuh, I'd say two centuries tops, but given the incredible acceleration of our technology I wouldn't be surprised to see it before I turn 50.

 

Yep, I think that they are all achievable (perhaps not the space drive).

I just finished reading the City and the stars, they had a fast ship as well. It didn't explain how it worked tho.

I agree the sentinal was a very stimulating read. Did they destroy it in the end? i can't remember, I think they tried everything but couldn't...

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typical humans tho, don't understand something, so we destroy it to try to understand it...

 

Has anyone read the trigger? its by Arthur C.Clarke and someone else....

They had the ultimate weapon against wars, a machine which would disable any modern weapon (nukes, guns, gunpowder etc) which came within its range. I forget how it worked but it did. Would this not be the best thing to happen to the human race at the current time? or would it give the advantage to the chinese etc who all know hand to hand combat?

 

I think a device like this would be the worst thing that could ever befall humanity. If we had such a device, wars and fights would fall into pure chaos, just look at the riots in the middle east and africa for an example. Wars would become nothing more than street fights with the combatants on each side fighting with whatever was at hand that could be used as a weapon. With modern weaponry at least war is a little more humane (Im probably gonna catch hell for that comment)


As to Arthur C. Clarke, I have always enjoyed his works. My personal favorites are the Venus Prime series, the Rama books and of course the 2001, 2010, 2061, and 3001 books.

 

No, I'm sorry I still think this is better than having bombs etc... just look at whats happening in the middle east at the moment, can you honestly tell me that the world would be better off WITH suicide bombers?

Granted, there would be more riots (but with more police they could be controlled), but less people would die and surely this is a good thing?

 

I guess we are of 2 differing opinions. Which is very good because without diffences then it would be all very bland indeed.

Now to the question, I agree that there would probably be more rioting, but even with more police, the riots would be hard to control. The police would not have any weapons either, so it would degenerate into people throwing whatever they can get there hands on. Violence is never a pretty sight, but hand to hand is one of the brutal forms that violence can take. Just look at WW1 trench warfare for that.

As to the suicide bombers, if they didnt have bombs they would probably use something else to kill themselves and others with, we might have suicide bike chainers or something. I know it sounds obsurd, but I feel if guns and other weapons are taken away, then people will just find something else to create violence and bloodshed with.

And even with a device like the one in the book, it still would not have any effect on the most lethal and dangerous weapon known to man, the human mind.

 

Yes, but a few painful/brutal deaths would be better than thousands. The only risk is that with the riots inocent people will be killed.

 

Space elevators are achievable,we have been talking about it in Frontier physics,which is now called physics and Math forums.My personal favorites are Rama series,2010 space odd,i think 2001:A space oddessey was also kool...




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PS:my personal favorite although is Isaac Asimov(loved him in Robot novels)...


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Yeah, I completely agree, That would make a great movie, perhaps we should start a campaign?

I'll give it a go if I have a spare five minutes...

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I think in foundation series,the most daunting task will be emulation of same atmosphere as spun by Asimov,like each charracter has an important role to play(Even Janov). from charraters of Gaia to Hari Seldon,who"ll be the lead?i cant figure out...

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I find it particularly interesting,that in Rama series how Arthur justifiesthe usage of name Rama to the enigmatic encounter ship and the probe launched as Sita.he has assumed an important fact here that all the Mytho name,Roman,greek etc will be already used and finally we"ll come to Hindu names...

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Tele-series would be great i think.giving it a couple of seaons...

what do you think?


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I would prefer it to be a long movie. That way you can get into the storyline better. With tele-series each program usually has something exciting going on. I could imagine parts of the story being chopped to make it fit better. But it would be better than nothing.

I don't think that they could have a lead role. The time span covered by the books is too long. They would have to be daring and have a changing lead character.(i.e in the beginning it could be Seldon then nearer the end it would be someone from Gaia. (I haven't read it recently so I cannot remember all of the characters names, sorry).

Thats another reason why I think Clarke is such a good writer, he thinks about everything, including the names and makes it all fit.