2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur

C. Clark
 Plot
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The plot of this story is based off how mankind
rose to what its current status is from the
beginning as early hominids to later space
explorers.
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The author uses a monolith, an alien
spacecraft to be the main catalyst for
mankind's success and in the end of the book,
he shows the rebirth of mankind in the form of
the starchild.
 Success

This book's success was greatly due to an
upcoming generation of space geeks and
nerds during the 1970's who took whatever
opportunity they had to find a good space
novel.
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This book attained great success because it
was a large peace effort by the author who
proposed the idea of peaceful coexistince.
 About the author
 Mr. Clarke is a world renowned author of
space novels and has written sequels to this
book such as: 2010 and 3000.
 His awards include: Stuart Ballantine Medal in
1963, Nobel Peace Prize by law professor
Glenn Reynolds in 1994, and Distinguished
Supporter of the British Humanist Association
 Bibliography

^ a b "Arthur C. Clarke". books and writers.
2003. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/aclarke.htm.
Retrieved 2008-03-18
 ^ Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World on
YouTube. Retrieved on 23 March 2008
 # ^ The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation