From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 03:57:52 -0000 (UTC), mvp@shell.calweb.com (Mike   
   Van Pelt) wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha   wrote:   
   >>That's not the *only* thing it did. The ending also confused the   
   >>hell out of me. Even after reading the book, I have no idea what   
   >>was supposed to be happening. Best I can figure, it was a film   
   >>representation of an acid trip.   
   >   
   >It didn't look like flying through galaxies, which is   
   >what it was supposed to be.  Real 60s "swirl colored oil   
   >and water on an overhead projector" stuff.   
      
   You forgot the "false color images of lakes and their surroundings   
   pretending to be the surface of a star" bits.   
      
   >I liked the Mad Magazine take, after Bowman has landed   
   >in the hotel room.  "You have just crashed through all   
   >2001 floors of the Jupiter Museum of Modern Art."   
      
   As usual with Mad, that makes /perfect/ sense.   
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   "I have envied him long since."   
      
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