2001 A Space Odyssey Like so many fiction writers, Arthur C. Clarke always tries to offer the audience a few suspenseful moments in his novel. The key for such success lies in the human’s perpetual appetite for mystery. It doesn’t take long for a writer to create an enigma, but it does take a long time to create a suspense that the human race has never experienced in reality. In Chapter 26 “Dialogue with Hal”, …showed first 75 words of 706 total…

…showed last 75 words of 706 total…and narrative voice, Clarke has brought a sense of insecurity to the Discovery and created an apprehensive effect on the reader. Most important of all, Clarke has pioneered in creating a totally human-like robot, and he has used the robot as an imitation of the human’s evolution, or perhaps the product of our own evolution. Hal will always remain a mystery. What will become of the human race when the robot species take over?