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Space Odyssey books in order

Arthur C. Clarke

Space Odyssey is a series of 4 books by Arthur C. Clarke: 1,099 pages, about 20 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

4
books
1,099
pages
20 hours
to read them all
41 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 4.4 h 2010: Odyssey Two 1982 5.6 h 2061: Odyssey Three 1987 5.1 h 3001: The Final Odyssey 1997 5.1 h

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The books

  1. 1

    2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 4.4 h

    A novel that proposes an idea about how the human race might have begun and where it might be headed...given a little help from out there.

  2. 2010: Odyssey Two 1982 5.6 h

    When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s, the novel was quickly recognized as a classic.

  3. 2061: Odyssey Three 1987 5.1 h

    A re-visitation of the imaginative future painted by Arthur C. Clarke in his previous two books 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: Odyssey two.

  4. 3001: The Final Odyssey 1997 5.1 h

    A thousand years after the Jupiter Mission, astronaut Frank Poole is recovered and revived.

How much is left

After book 1, 2001: A Space Odyssey about 16 hours left
After 2010: Odyssey Two about 10 hours left
After 2061: Odyssey Three about 5 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 20 hours 9 minutes

All 4 books, 1,099 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

41 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.