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The Great Wall Monolith is described as being two kilometers long in the 2061 novel but 20 kilometers long in the 3001 novel. Monoliths may be able to assume any size, because in 2010: Odyssey Two, the Star Child, created from the astronaut Dave Bowman, cryptically notes that the Monolith is actually one size – "as large as necessary".
Questions about 2001 range from uncertainty about its implications for humanity's origins and destiny in the universe [198] to interpreting elements of the film's more enigmatic scenes, such as the meaning of the monolith, or the fate of astronaut David Bowman. There are also simpler and more mundane questions about the plot, in particular the ...
In the 2001 novel, Bowman remains in the ship and HAL attempts to kill him by opening all of the pod bay doors. In the novel 2001, Dave Bowman says "Oh my God—it's full of stars!" during his encounter with the monolith. In the novel 2010, characters quote Bowman slightly differently as saying "My God—it's full of stars!" in his last ...
Cosmonaut Max Brailovsky investigates the giant Monolith where Bowman disappeared, but his EVA pod is destroyed by a burst of energy. On Earth, Dave Bowman, now an incorporeal being, appears through his former wife's television to say goodbye, telling her that "something wonderful" is going to happen. He then visits his comatose mother in a ...
Unbeknownst to Bowman and his deputy Frank Poole, the true objective of the mission is reconnaissance of Saturn space, implicated by the above energy signal direction, where it is thought that further clues to the aliens' intent may be found. Bowman becomes the Star Child after entering the Iapetus monolith (TMA-2). Frank Poole: Bowman's deputy.
Monolith Management, a Hong Kong-based tech-focused hedge fund, has returned 53% so far this year, benefiting from investments in semiconductors, data centres and a rally in Chinese investments in ...
Bowman lives out his years alone in a neoclassical room, brightly lit from underneath, that evokes the Age of Enlightenment, decorated with classical art. [38] As Bowman's life quickly passes in this neoclassical room, the monolith makes its final appearance: standing at the foot of his bed as he approaches death.
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