2001: A Space Odyssey (book)

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I decided to read the book since I was confused with the movie. The book is written by Arthur C. Clarke. It is the first book in a four book series. I might read the second book if I find the second movie confusing. 2001: A Space Odyssey is about evolution. Like the movie starts out with apes and ends with David Bowman being a baby. But there were some differences between the movie and book. 1. Hal says that there are two failures, not one like the movie. 2. Hal doesn't say it's human error. In the book it explains that Hal didn't want the secret of the mission to be known to the astronauts and he wanted to do the mission on his own. 3. Frank does die like the movie, but David doesn't save him like the movie. He is inside the spaceship when it happens. 4. David doesn't grow old like in the movie at the end. He is asleep when the aliens make him into a baby. I sorta liked the book. The book made more sense than the movie did.I'm still waiting on the second book of the His Fair Assassins and the first book of the Mortality Doctrine.