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Originally Posted by G-borg In fact you could argue that Clarke has a more profound reason for not 'caring' about his characters. The book/film is not about persons or characters but about the entire human race. It is about mans place in the entire evolution of the universe. |
BINGO...
This could be my all time favorite book. I know I might take some abuse for that statement. But it's to the point, it isn't your typical good vs. evil novel, and it illustrates the feeling that humans just might be one microscopic cog in the machine that is the universe, not the engine itself.