Heywood R. Floyd

...over at the surface until Lucifer melted the ice and caused an atmosphere to form. When the Leonov returned to earth, Heywood Floyd (whose marriage had broken up while he was on the Leonov) suffered an accident. His recovery on an orbital...

In this article: Heywood Floyd, David Bowman, Europa, Lucifer, Jupiter, and 2061: Odyssey Three

...Jupiter and initializes a process that begins turning the gas-giant into a mini-sun. Once more assuming his Bowman form, Dave contacts Dr. Heywood Floyd via Hal's communication system. Hal, notably, recognizes him as "Dave." Bowman warns...

In this article: David Bowman, Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke, Jupiter, Heywood Floyd, HAL 9000, 2061: Odyssey Three, Stanley Kubrick, and Frank Poole

...the story is set nine years after the failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter. A joint Soviet-American crew, including Heywood Floyd from 2001, on the Soviet spaceship Alexei Leonov '' (named after the famous cosmonaut ) arrives...

In this article: David Bowman, HAL, Alexei Leonov, Jupiter, Lucifer, Heywood Floyd, 2010: Odyssey Two, 3001, and Arthur C. Clarke

...Soviet-American mission on the Leonov was planned instead, Curnow was one of the three American experts to go on the trip along with Heywood Floyd and Dr. Chandra. Curnow was one of the first people to set foot on Discovery again, along...

In this article: Walter Curnow, Heywood Floyd, Space Odyssey, Dr. Chandra, 2061, and John Lithgow

...and is the main protagonist in '' and ''''. In the first movie he is portrayed by William Sylvester, in the second by Roy Scheider. Heywood Floyd was born in 1956 in the USA. By 1999 he is chairman of the National Council of Astronautics,...

In this article: David Bowman, HAL, National Council, Jupiter, Lucifer, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Stephen King

...C Clarke predicts the development of an electronic "foolscap-sized newspad" in his novel '2001: A Space Odyssey'. The device plugs into Dr. Heywood Floyd's ship to receive the latest reports and newspapers from Earth 1991 2004 2007

In this article: Amazon, IPod, Waterstones, Europe, Sony, Web 2.0, Amazon Kindle, and Godzilla

...indicates an existential personal crisis of some kind- one that Jesus can't forgive right now. TAKE YER DAMNED NUMBER HE WILL GET TO YOU. Heywood Floyd says at 12:31 am, January 10th, 2009 First of all, sending money to political...

In this article: Barack Obama, Citizen Kane, Hillary Clinton, Heywood Floyd, E mail, and Jill Biden

...in the way of my life and family. So I felt odd having a "2001" technology moment this month. You know the scene, that videophone call Heywood Floyd makes to his daughter back on Earth. It never made sense to me: he steps off a frickin'...

In this article: Heywood Floyd, Google, E mail, Wired.com, Moon, and US

...amazing. Even especially the minor roles: Barry Nelson's scene in The Shining is a perfect example. William Sylvester (Dr. Heywood Floyd in 2001), Anthony Sharp (The Minister in Clockwork Orange), Leonard Rossiter (Russian...

In this article: Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut, A Clockwork Orange, Singin' in the Rain, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket

...say is the key market for the consumer video phone: people far from home who want to see their children and grandchildren. Dr. Heywood R. Floyd, a character in the film who was killing time at a space station while changing flights to...

In this article: AT&T, EBay, and Motorola