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From: burton@inuxg.UUCP (Thomas Burton)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: 2010
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Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 09:23:58 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 16 09:23:58 1984
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xx <- two footed stomp
	
	In the book ( I know this is net.movies, flames off!), what happened
	to HAL, and what was Bowman's (and HAL's too?) mission?  I felt that
	the story just dropped them when Jupiter did its thing...
	

My understanding is that they were the in the monolith acting as Watchers
over the new life form on (whatever moon it was; you know, the octopus-
like things). Just as the first monolith uplifted the apes, HAL and Bowman
will do something similar for the (whatever they are).


			Doug Burton
			ATT-CP Indianapolis
			inuxg!burton