Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/03/05/2001-a-space-odyssey-the-15.html
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I enjoyed my “Empire Strikes Back” Hear and Read as a kid, but this book is still as weird as the movie. I can’t imagine enjoying this as a kid.
Honestly, I always enjoyed the conventional sequel “2010: The Year We Make Contact”, more.
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World’s longest filmstrip.
When my son was six, I was listening to an audio book of Clark’s novel in the car. After a few 20 minute rides, my son would beg for “The Dr. Floyd story” every time he got in the car.
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Even more impressive when you consider the last 5 minutes are just an psychedelic instrumental track.
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Don’t fall down a Floyd Hole
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HAL sounds vaguely like Peter Lorre.
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Even 15 minutes of “2010” would put me to sleep.
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I never knew this existed.
The turn-the-page-chime is annoying; both the sound and the fact that it’s even there, but otherwise - not bad.
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HAL still won’t open the pod bay doors, but this time he sounds like Dick Dastardly
Every time you hear the chime, Robbo’s tinnitus will stab him in the head.
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I’d watch that movie.
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even as a stupid 14-year-old (saw it in the theater back then) I wasnt very impressed by it; dull, boring, kinda pathetic and substandard acting. nope, didnt like it.
on the other hand…saw “2001” as a 9-year-old and even I didnt got the whole picture storywise, I was completly blown away by it.
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2010 needed more explosive decompression.
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This recently showed up on /r/ObscureMedia on Reddit, so I thought I’d share my post from the same thread showing the pages from the read-along record book I have in my collection:
I also have the 2010 read-along record book (not the one shown in the Boing Boing post, that’s the longer, non-book version [which I also have]), and those are included in the imgur link as well. Here’s the video of the sequel, if you’re interested: https://youtu.be/yOZVob_i80Q
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Don’t forget the kid’s menu verison.
And wasn’t this on BoingBoing at some point?
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THIS! those decompressing-scenes were haunting me for WEEKS! 
(against the fact that scientifically speaking there were completly BS.)
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The same director did both Outland and 2010.
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