'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.