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David Bowman travels to Earth, detonating a nuclear bomb high above the planet.
Part 6, Chapter 47| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Forewords | In this special introduction written by the author, Arthur C. Clarke reflects on the state of human space exploration ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 1–2 | Part 1 of the novel is titled "Primeval Night" because it takes place in an evolutionary age after the time of dinosau... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 3–4 | Moon-Watcher and his tribe do not recall the incident with the New Rock, and since it is not food, they ignore it the ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 5–6 | At dawn, as Moon-Watcher and his people arrive at the river, something is different. The New Rock is gone. The tribe h... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 7–8 | Part 2 of the novel is called "TMA-1," which stands for Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-One, the classified name given to the v... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 9–10 | With Earth visible outside an observation window, the two scientists exchange pleasantries. Dr. Moisevitch then asks D... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 11–12 | Halverson and Floyd attend a briefing. Dr. Floyd thanks everyone for gracefully enduring the media blackout that has b... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 13–14 | At the TMA-1 site, Dr. Floyd dons a spacesuit and accompanies Dr. Michaels out onto the moon's surface. The sun slowly... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 15–16 | Part 3 of the novel called "Between Planets" relates the journey of the Discovery to Saturn. On board the spacec... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 17–18 | As Discovery speeds through space, Poole and Bowman alternate duty on a 12-hour shift schedule. Routine tasks occupy t... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 19–20 | Bowman uses the ship's instruments to observe Jupiter, though it is still far away. Discovery sends data about Jupiter... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 21–22 | Part 4 is called "Abyss" because in it, four of the crew members end up floating—dead—through space, and David Bowman ... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 23–24 | Back inside the two men test the old AE-35 unit, finding it to be working fine. They speculate about what could have g... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 25–26 | Poole goes back outside Discovery to bring the AE-35 unit in for testing. When he reaches the unit, he finds that one ... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 27–28 | The narrator explains that Hal was made for one purpose—to complete the mission—and so the mission has become an obses... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapters 29–30 | Discovery speeds along. Bowman ejects the bodies of the dead crew members into space and repairs an antenna. He manage... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 31–32 | Part 5 is set at the Discovery mission's destination and is thus called "The Moons of Saturn." Bowman works to r... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 33–34 | Alone on Discovery, David Bowman settles into a routine, but he still finds time to think about the ultimate goal of h... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 35–36 | Bowman thinks the bright spot of Japetus looks like a giant eye, and as he gets closer the eye even seems to have a pu... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 37–38 | The narrator explains that the Japetus monolith was placed there 3,000,000 years ago by an intelligent race that had l... Read More |
| Part 5, Chapters 39–40 | Bowman approaches the monolith, transmitting continuously to Earth. Suddenly the monolith appears to recede from him a... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapters 41–42 | Part 6 is called "Through the Star Gate" because it tells of Bowman's experiences after passing through the monolith o... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapters 43–44 | Bowman continues to watch the white dwarf star and the red sun and even observes what looks like bright points of ligh... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapters 45–46 | Bowman sleeps, and the hotel surroundings "dissolved back into the mind of its creator." This being then invades Bowma... Read More |
| Part 6, Chapter 47 | Floating above Earth, Bowman—the Star-Child—notices that a nuclear bomb orbiting Earth has been activated. He reaches ou... Read More |
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