'2010. the sequel to 2001, will long be remembered. Fiction is more credible than truth ... Clarke's craftsmanship is impeccable as always; we go from the familiar to the depths of the unknown without a jar or bad vibration. It is a glorious adventure free of moralising chauvinism'
James Lovelock, NEW SCIENTIST

To the spaceship Discovery, floating in the silent depths of space since Dave Bowman passed through the alien 'Star Gate', comes Heywood Floyd on a mission of recovery. What he finds near Jupiter is beyond the imaginings of any mere human.

'Arthur C. Clarke is one of the truly prophetic figures of the space age ... the colossus of science fiction'
NEW YORKER

'It is because his SF novels are based on real academic knowledge that they far outshine anything produced by lesser authors'
DAILY MAIL

'Arthur C. Clarke is awesomely informed about physics and astronomy, and blessed with one of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print'
NEW YORK TIMES

'No one does it better than Arthur Clarke'
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT