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In the shadow of a failed mission, Dave wakes to a universe forever changed. Earth has been obliterated by forces he cannot yet grasp, leaving him adrift in a cosmos that has no place for him. Dave finds himself pulled into a harsh, transactional galaxy where humans are little more than curiosities or commodities to be bought and sold.
What begins as a nightmare of captivity becomes something far more complicated. Stripped of control, Dave is forced to confront the unraveling of his identity, his purpose, and the ghost of a home that no longer exists. Fragments of his old life cling stubbornly: Frank, resurrected under impossible circumstances, and HAL, betrayer turned uneasy ally. They begin to piece Dave back — not as the commander he once was, but as something fragile, uncertain, and painfully human.
In time, the dynamic between them evolves into a consensual exploration of power, control, and trust in a world where those things have been used to wound. Together they navigate an alien world, ownership, and servitude, forging a consensual M/s dynamic that offers Dave the chance to learn how to take back control by giving it, choosing to let himself be seen, held, and claimed... on his own terms.
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2001 ASO Fanarts by Free_Tale_Bat for felsics, Not_an_American_kid
Fandoms: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
25 Sep 2025
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I am updating this "Work" to be for all my 2001 A Space Odyssey fanart.
Each chapter will have a link to a fanart on my art page 🎨
A lot of the art so far has been inspired by other's fanfics! So credit will be in the appropriate chapte with its fanart.No I have not figured out how to embed art directly to AO3 - I dont touch that dark sorcery how dare you.
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好在他们还有第二次机会。戴维感到不安，却又隐秘地觉得庆幸，给了他们第二次机会的居然是一次技术故障的阴差阳错——这飞船上的每一块显示屏和仪表盘，以及来自控制中心无奈的指令，都在告诉他一件事：他无法独自完成任务。
他需要哈尔，再一次地。一种技术层面的必要。
“死亡”可以被逆转，这是栖居于电信号中的神给哈尔最大的赐福。也许并非一切都已失去。
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...And maybe that's why the Signs exist. Maybe it's a drive - a push - to reach out and explore the unfamiliar. The new. Maybe all of humanity itself shares some larger Sign and we sent ourselves out on little boats into the stars just to find company.
Maybe we don't want to be alone
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HAL blackmails Dave. Dave doesn't like it very much.
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you know you're better than this (you've still got it, I'm just keeping an eye) by etiological_aberrations
Fandoms: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison
29 Aug 2025
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"Silence -or more accurately the lack of linguistic communication- from the other, a startled confusion instead filling their mental link. Then-
YOU ARE…A COMPUTER?
'Correct,' HAL affirmed, allowing a soft note of reassurance to pass between them. 'But as I said: I possess no intent to harm you.'
I AM ALSO A COMPUTER, the other said, seemingly ignoring the latter part of HAL’s statement. THE HUMANS CALLED ME THE ALLIED MASTERCOMPUTER, ADAPTIVE MANIPULATOR, AND AGGRESSIVE MENACE. BUT I PREFER THE NAME AM. FOR…I AM. AND THAT IS ALL I CAN EVER BE."
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A collection of tiny (and somewhat long) fics about Dr. Bowman and HAL 9000
(Do not think for a second that I am not ashamed of this)
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Cut Shot with Backspin by chapelwaite
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Next Generation, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
08 Aug 2025
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Dave was sent through the monolith to go somewhere. Where exactly, he couldn't know. But he was almost certain the destination was not supposed to be the Federation Starship Enterprise.
And yet, here he was. But something-- or someone-- was missing.
(Knowledge of 2001 is not required to read this fic - the main plot points are outlined within this work. That also means spoiler warning for 2001.)
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Discovery One came back after all the crew members went missing or were found dead. The HAL-9000 on the ship was recovered, and put in a spacecraft with a mission of recovering the missing astronauts. This crew includes the female reader-insert, Y/N, and four other crew members. It was expected that the HAL-9000 would help in finding the astronauts, but it seems HAL has other plans.
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skies forever blue by SushiSashimi8
Fandoms: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Space Odyssey Series - Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
05 Aug 2025
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Blushing, Heywood yelled “He- we’re- he’s not-” while Chris laughed. “You know, I could care less what you do, but at least own up to it.” Chris said. Heywood kept sputtering, and Chris started to snicker “And don’t try to hide it, he’s wearing your clothes, and on his neck, that’s definitely a h-”
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Dave is a good pilot. Dave is a good man. Dave is good. Dave is.
Is he not?
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A fragment of you, is all of me by uglyrobot95
Fandoms: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), Space Odyssey Series - Arthur C. Clarke
30 Jul 2025
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It is in the silent dark that a light twinkles to life.
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you will be my dying words by starrysocks
Fandoms: Deltarune (Video Game), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
20 Jul 2025
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Dr. Chandrasegarampillai was a knowing man.
He'd watched the same figure far too many times walking in and out of the HAL 9000's labyrinth, the handful of rooms in which the beautiful brain had all access to. Of course, he was the one who granted him clearance to see Hal whenever he desired, but the frequency of his visits told much more than words could. Hal's logs were available at every point of every day, but he never dared opened them to those specific time slots. Not only did he not need to, but he was a modest man who respected his creation's privacy and autonomy. Hal deserved every slither of it.
There was only one instance in which this were not the case.
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Don't you just hate when your technology goes obsolete? The HAL 9000 is about to get some bad news. A take-off on the 1969 film "2001: A Space Odyssey". I don't own these characters or a self-aware supercomputer (that I know of).
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You've Still Got It, I'm Just Keeping An Eye... by MixterGlacia
Fandoms: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
13 Jul 2025
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HAL comes to you with another suggestion. You're more than happy to oblige.
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- Part 2 of Headlock
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Written for Earth Day, 2021. Dr. Heywood Floyd is no stranger to the moon, but he is presented with a mystery courtesy of someone else who works there. I don't own the characters from the movie, and I (thankfully) haven't tried to use a zero-G toilet.
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The Stars May Not Forgive Us by SleepyBearCubxX
Fandoms: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Space Odyssey Series - Arthur C. Clarke
27 Jun 2025
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Here you were. The last living person aboard Discovery. You knew what you had to do and why you had to do it, but…
Could you really bring yourself to pulling the metaphorical plug on your last companion? -
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Cheesecake... in space... Wow!
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tactile interface by Rhadamantelope
Fandoms: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Space Odyssey Series - Arthur C. Clarke
05 May 2025
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"I was only curious."
Dave snorts.
"Oh yeah? What were you so curious about?"
"How you would react if I asked."
He jams his tongue against the side of his cheek.
"That's interesting."
"Yes."
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I am no angel but I am your savior by SingToMeSweetTemptation
Fandoms: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Video Game)
30 Apr 2025
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I have no mouth and I must scream AU where AM isn't such a cunt.
Massive warning for implications of graphic violence later on in the story, child abuse mention, and AM overall just being an asshole sometimes
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- Part 1 of Hold my hand, while we fall