Word: passeth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth forever...
...reparable. But the crew can only watch as powers beyond its understanding transform Jupiter, which astronomers call "the star that failed," from an enormous sphere of gases into a small glowing sun capable of sustaining life on its satellites. As before, the monolith remains the piece that passeth all understanding. But no matter. Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy and a newly acquired sense of play that manifests itself in references to films like Alien and Star Wars, and snippets from recent headlines. If, by the end, he leaves readers as bewildered as his astronauts, they can at least claim...