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Title: 2001: A Bowel Odyssey
Review: One of the worst SF books I have ever read. The author displays the mentality of a 14 year old in constructing his future - the entire western world is collapsing because of lack of interest in the manned space program. Okay. Then we have to somehow believe in his cobbled-together scheme of flying a space shuttle to Titan (gee, the astronauts go crazy!! Who would have thought??) The last part of the book is pretty much the same as "Into Thin Air" as the explorers go on a pointless slog through Titan slush to find... something to do with chemistry. The descriptions of every bowel movement and pus-filled blister are given more detail than any of the scenes on Titan or the space voayge.Oh yeah, and in keeping with the adolescent spirit there are also two lesbian astronauts. By the time Baxter introduces them you can almost hear the porn-movie soundtrack in the background...Amazon.com needs an "no-stars" option. This book certainly deserves it.
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