In all of the Space Odyssey novels and the film version of 2010, HAL's instructor is named Dr. Chandra; in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, it is Mr. Langley. The events of 3001 make the epilogue of this novel impossible, or at least unlikely: the monoliths become infected with a series of computer viruses (through software emulation) and disappear from the Solar System. It is feasible, though, that the monolith network is able to purge itself of the viruses and return to Sol and Lucifer prior to the year 20,001, and avoid another human-sourced infection. The film version of 2010 is a largely faithful adaptation of the 2010 novel. The major differences are that the film eliminates the Chinese spacecraft from the plot, places the United States and the Soviet Union at the brink of war, has a crewmember killed by the monolith when he approaches it in a pod, and expands Bowman's final message protecting Europa to include a directive to work together in peace. Reception Dave Langford reviewed 2010: Odyssey Two for White Dwarf #39, and stated that "Since the strength of 2001's mystical ending came from the teasing unanswerability of the question 'what happens next?' it's anticlimactic when Clarke now tells us what happens next. And though interesting things happen, smoothly described, there's a certain familiarity when the book halts on the brink of another and less interesting question." Reviews Review by Mark E. Smith (1982) in Fantasy Newsletter, #53 November 1982 Review by Dan Chow (1982) in Locus, #262 November 1982 Review by Gene DeWeese (1983) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1983 Review by John Silbersack [as by John W. Silbersack] (1983) in Heavy Metal, February 1983 Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1983) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1983 Review by Baird Searles (1983) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1983 Review by Frank Catalano (1983) in Amazing Science Fiction, March 1983 Review by Algis Budrys (1983) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1983 Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1983) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1983 Review by Debbie Notkin (1983) in Rigel Science Fiction, #8 Summer 1983 Review by Ken Methold (1983) in Omega Science Digest, July-August 1983 Review by A. A. Attanasio (1983) in Omni, September 1983 Review [French] by Claude Ecken (1983) in Ere Comprimée, #24 Review by Peter Stockill (1983) in Vector 117