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He spends months on the ship, alone, getting ready to rendezvous with Japetus. He notices a small black spot on the moon. When he gets closer, he realizes that this is an immense black monolith, identical to TMA-1, only much larger. He takes one of the extra-vehicular pods in an effort to put down on the monolith. The monolith, which had been inert for so long, opens and is full of stars. It swallows Bowman's pod and [[Mission Control Center|mission control]] never hears from him again.

Bowman moves very quickly through a field of stars that seem to have no end. Eventually, he is brought to what appears to be a nice hotel suite, carefully constructed to make him feel at ease. Bowman goes to sleep. As he sleeps, his mind and memories are drained from his body. David Bowman is made into a new, [[immortality|immortal]] entity that can live and travel in space; a Star Child. The Star Child then returns to our Solar System and looksprevents overa nuclear holocaust on Earth. The book closes with the Star Child pondering his capabilities.

==Themes==