David Bowman, NobodyCharacterization doesn't matter much in 2001. You can see this in part in the way the novel skips lightly from main protagonist to main protagonist: Moon-Watcher's the hero of t...

The Imperfect ComputerHal, the Discovery's computer, is easily the most entertaining character in the book. Supposedly he's an unfeeling hunk of metal, but in reality, he's the only one in the nove...

Floyd has more of a role in later novels in the series, but in this one he's even less of a character than Moon-Watcher and David Bowman. There's a passing reference to his deceased wife, some ment...