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The author of that article somehow managed to miss the most famous Jupiter story of all. Arthur C. Clarke's "A Meeting with Medusa." https://en.wikipedia.org/
by A_D_E_P_T 1y ago
The author of that article somehow managed to miss the most famous Jupiter story of all. Arthur C. Clarke's "A Meeting with Medusa." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Meeting_with_Medusa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Meeting_with_Medusa
That novella was so enduringly influential that noted SF authors Stephen Baxter (a collaborator with, and sort of heir to, Clarke,) and Alastair Reynolds wrote a very good sequel a few years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Medusa_Chronicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Medusa_Chronicles
- daveslash 1y agoThe Author also missed the fact that in the 2001 Movie they went to Jupiter, whereas in the book they went to Saturn. https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/177/why-is-the-destination-of-the-discovery-in-2001-a-space-odyssey-saturn-in-the-b https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/177/why-is-the-des...