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From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.
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Here in one recording is every Sherlock Holmes story ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally appearing in serial form, these famous stories are here presented in the order in which they were first published beginning in 1887. Included in this definitive, award-winning collection are four novels and 56 short stories, a total of 60 titles. The 56 short stories are aggregated into five named collections, just as they were originally published in book form.
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This allegory about humanity's exploration of the universe, and the universe's reaction to humanity, was the basis for director Stanley Kubrick's immortal film, and lives on as a hallmark achievement in storytelling.
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- Venu
- 2009/07/04
Excellent Narration - Great Book
The book needs no introduction and it would be sacrilege to write a review on it. I will confine myself to the audiobook details. Dick Hill brings the book to life. He has many voices and he uses them wisely. His narration leaves us spellbound.
I wanted to listen to the other books in this series. Sadly I don't find them on Audible.com :( Hope you guys add it to the library pretty soon.
Even if you have read the book before, listen to this performance by Dick Hill now. You will not repent it.
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- Michelle M
- 2018/07/09
Worth the first half
After the halfway point it picked up. Hard for me to get into initially, too much description and technical information. But the second half was hard to stop listening to! Excellent narration.
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While the movie left me confused and wanting an explanation of what I'd just spent hours watching. The book made me exited to listen to the next in the series.
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The book fills in the gaps to explain the imagery of the movie and so very much more, the story is well explained and engrossing, so long as you let the imagery take you and are not impatient with the time devoted to detail.
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- Amazon Customer
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Skip the Intro, Great Book
Starts with an introduction by the author which is not well recorded, which is about 50 minutes.
The book's narrator, Dick Hill, was fantastic and his narration was well recorded. Read the book even if you've seen Kubrick's movie. The movie was a nice artistic rendition of the book but does not hit the level of detail of the book.
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Great Read
Dick Hill did a great job with the characters, including HAL, and the "preface" interview with Arthur C. Clarke was very interesting and shed light on the movie as well. I haven't watched the movie in years, and I have to admit that listening to this didn't bring back memories of the movie at all, which I think is a credit to the book. This is a great, introspective, and thoughtful journey through space and time, both in the story, and in the context (a lot has changed since this book was written). Enjoy!
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- Shawn Holman
- 2018/06/14
So good and it makes the movie make sense
Holy crap this is good. I've always loved the movie and have always been just a little confused at times by what was happening in the movie. This book clears all that up and more. I never knew that Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick wrote the book and the screenplay at the same time and collaborated with each other throughout the writing of both. Maybe that's why the book and the movie both stand together as being exceptional on their own and complimentary of each other as well.
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- Katelyn
- 2009/05/16
Get it!
The book is much better than the movie! The movie does not describe anything that is happening and half of the time you're wondering what just happened or if you missed something. This is a nice short audio book and is well worth the price. It's great on a road trip!
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- Ryan
- 2010/09/14
Great story, questionable ending
In my opinion, this was a 5 star book until the last hour. Most of the story was really straightforward, clever, suspenseful, enjoyable sci-fi until the end. Seems like Clarke was trying to cram all his deeper meaning and allegory into the last few chapters. That being said, the rest of the book was fantastic. I would still recommend it, the ending just wasn't for me.
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- Mike
- 2018/11/18
Ugh. Fine.
Look. This is a great book. But you can really tell this is a old recording.
The main Narration sounds like it was computer generated. It makes it almost unlistenable. This book really deserves a new audio action for its 50th anniversary.
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- Katherine
- 2012/10/29
The glory and horror of space
Originally posted at FanLit (come visit us!)
“The thing’s hollow — it goes on forever — and — oh my God — it’s full of stars!”
2001: A Space Odyssey is the novel that Arthur C. Clarke wrote so that Stanley Kubrick could develop it into the now-famous movie. It’s partly based on two of Clarke’s short stories: “Encounter in the Dawn” (1953) and “The Sentinel” (1948). The first story tells of a technologically advanced race that visited Earth millions of years ago, discovered early humans, and gave them some technological jumpstarts (and “one small step toward humanity.”) In the second story, humans have finally reached the moon. Much to their excitement and consternation, they discover an ancient alien artifact that may be an alarm to alert aliens when humans manage to get themselves off their little planet.
If you’ve seen the movie, you know that we see these plotlines unfold and connect in 2001: A Space Odyssey. A related plot involves a spaceship traveling to Saturn that’s controlled by a new self-conscious computer named HAL 9000. Perhaps the most famous scenes in the movie (and I think these are some of the best scenes in the book, too) occur when HAL decides to override the astronauts’ commands because of his own interpretation of his original instructions (this reason is not explained in the movie). These scenes are probably even more frightening today than they were back in 1968. Clarke perfectly captures our fear that the artificial intelligences we create may become smarter than we are and, therefore, out of our control.
I can’t resist Arthur C. Clarke’s visions and I have enjoyed everything I’ve read by him. It’s exciting and awe-inspiring to read his speculations about creation, the mysteries of space and time, extraterrestrials, artificial intelligence, the freeing of the spirit from the body, the existence and nature of God, and what’s “behind the back of space.” I also enjoy his theoretical arguments about the speed of light, physics, relativity, wormholes, etc. Clarke’s awe of space and his expectation that humans will conquer it is infectious and thrilling. At the same time, the possibility that we, who thought we were alone, may not be, is both exciting and disturbing. Clarke writes beautifully of both the potential glories and horrors of space.
I listened to Dick Hill narrate Brilliance Audio’s version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Dick Hill narrates a lot of old science fiction and here he is as wonderful as he always is. His voice for HAL was so creepy it gave me chills (“Hey, Dave… what are you doing?”). The audiobook begins with an interesting talk by Arthur C. Clarke in which he gives us some context and background for the story, talks a bit about his writing process and collaboration with Stanley Kubrick, and mentions some of the pop culture that the book and movie have spawned. Three sequels to 2001: A Space Odyssey continue the story and address some of the questions that Clarke leaves us with.
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- Martin
- 2014/07/31
Excellent... but why no 2010 on Audible yet?
Superb story, I have been patiently waiting for 2010, book 2 in the series to be available on Audible, but we can only get books 1,3 & 4 which seems a bit of a shame? I have seen both the movies and really would like to hear the story and complete the series.. please :)
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- Jamie
- 2017/08/04
Wow. Just wow.
I had always thought 2001 was a load of rubbish. That was based on being dragged along to see a special showing of it in the cinema as part of a media studies a level. I don't think many 17 year olds would get a lot from the film to be honest.
I always spend ages looking for my next read of listen and as a confirmed sci-fi nut I'm finding at nearly 40 years of age that my tastes are refining. I honestly can't remember what caused me to try 2001 about 3 weeks ago but I'm really pleased I did. For me it's shot to number 1 sci-fi book without doubt. I would urge anyone planning on seeing the film to read the book first. It'll make much more sense.
The performance was brilliant and there are passages which are strangely prophetic considering the book is nearly 50 years old. I don't want to spoil the story but the concept is brilliant and the story just gets better and better. I'll be looking forward to seeing the film again now!
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- Ben
- 2012/07/01
Loved it, but where's the sequel?
Perfect audio version, loved it, but how come 2010 (the sequel) isn't available on Audible? Books 3 and 4 are! Really would love to listen to it, but I guess I'm going to have to resort to a dead tree version as it isn't even available on Google Play or Kindle :(
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- DJ Morpheus
- 2008/11/23
"My God, it's full of stars"
Anyone even remotely interested in science-fiction, or science-fact for that matter, will love this book.
I first saw the movie during the 1970's, when I was still a young child, and a spark of imagination was ignited. This spark is now a raging inferno that will never be extinguished. Given my age at the time, I was left with gaps, unanswered questions. Years later, these gaps remained, even after seeing the movie again, and the sequel (2010: The Year We Make Contact). This was until I decided to buy the full set of 4 books. After that, these gaps were filled-in, and the questions answered.
Having now listened to the audio book version of this novel, these answers are much more apparent, almost blatently obvious, mainly because you have the opportunity to focus on details when it's read for you.
You are taken on a highly-visual (and detailed) exploration of one of many possible beginnings of mankind, and the Universe, a tour of our own Solar System, and beyond, stretching your imagination further than you thought possible. This is the only restraining factor.....your own imagination.
This is a true 'classic', it really does make you think.....\"What if......\"
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- Michael
- 2012/12/09
Excellent audio version but....
Please release 2010. I don't want to listen to the other two books before I hear the second book
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- Marie
- 2017/10/19
like a boring dream
I expected to love this but it was like being forced to listen to someone's VERY long and boring dream
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- K. GILL
- 2018/11/05
An overdue read - Not how I imagined the story
You know how sometimes an author overuses a word or phrase and it starts to grate every time you hear it? for this book that word is "presently". nonetheless I enjoyed this, reaching through it on my commute and general travels in less than a week. a long book it is not, but it's very descriptively written and sets things up nicely for the sequels.
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- Søren
- 2017/05/23
Fantastic story, incredible read
I might have thought that a movie book would be boring. But this is a fantastic story. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I can't wait to now!
And the read is also incredible. Fast and captivating and with great voices for the different characters.
And almost 40 years after the release. The science in this fiction is still very accurate it seems.
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- JACQUI BROWN
- 2016/11/28
Don't bother wasting your money
Very robotic and mechanical sounding voice. Totally ruined any pleasure from listening to what should be, a fabulous story.
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- Mark McNally
- 2016/11/09
really enjoyed this,
really enjoyed this, read the book years ago & wasn't disappointed, great narration and easy to listen to on long drives, pity 2010 not available
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- Ben
- 2016/06/24
watch out for Authors spoiler
Excellent book,great reader. Arthur c Clark was ahead of his time.Author's comments at the start gave some of the story away. Still loved it.
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- DDD
- 2022/07/17
a lot better than expected!
I guess this book is a classic for a reason because I enjoyed this a lot more than I had expected.
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- Yaakov c Lui-Hyden
- 2022/06/27
wonderful
similar to the movie but with a bigger prologue on prehistoric Earth, what sets it apart is the ending which is just glorious.
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- Larissa
- 2022/02/28
Interesting.
An interesting imagining of space exploration, AI, and first contact.
I struggled with the narration, as the voice was so soft and somewhat like someone reading a bedtime story, I found I needed to have it quite loud to understand clearly.
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- Colin Wedd
- 2021/12/21
Better than the movie
ACC shows his futuristic view of everything... hard to believe this was published when I was 8.
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- Steve Belcher
- 2021/11/05
Made more sense than the movie
Having loved the movie. But was puzzled by the baby etc etc.....reading or listing to the book. Made it all make sense. I have listened to a few novels now. Its very clear why ACC is one of the greats!!
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- Jonathon Cant
- 2021/10/03
classic sci fi at it's best
I loved this book, the performance is amazing and the scenes with Hal even more chilling. just great
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- Nicole driver
- 2021/09/14
review of 2001
I listened to this overnight and loved it very easy listening was thoroughly enjoyed
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- L J.
- 2021/07/27
fantastic
the start is a little dull although slightly interesting... give it time... so amazing! really brings you into it.
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- John Simpson
- 2021/06/19
Timeless...
Arthur C Clarke can deliver you to the veiled cloud tops of Jupiter and Saturn, or to the orbit of unknown solar systems. When you arrive, you will find yourself absorbed by his vivid imagination. Along the way, you'll confront questions of AI, physical matter, time and what it means to be part of the Universe.
In fifty years, the themes of 2001 have barely aged a day, which is the enduring magic of Clarke's telling.