Heywood R. Floyd - 2061: Odyssey Three

2061: Odyssey Three

Following his return to Earth, Floyd became estranged from his son Christopher. After an accident in which he fell off a second-story balcony, Floyd was taken to the orbital station Pasteur for medical treatment. By the time he had healed properly his body had adjusted to one-sixth gravity and he could no longer handle Earth gravity, and so was forced to stay as a permanent resident of Pasteur.

Floyd spent almost fifty years living in the Pasteur, up until 2061 at the age of 103 at which time he only appeared to be around 65 (his aging had been halted twice in his lifetime due to cryogenic hibernation on the Leonov mission). His son Chris had married and had a son, Chris II, before being killed in the "Copernicus Disaster".

Floyd was one of six celebrities brought aboard the Tsung Spacelines ship Universe for its historic landing on Halley's Comet, and became one of the first people to walk on the comet's surface. It was also jokingly rumored that he was having an affair with former famous actress Yva Merlin. When news was heard that Universe's sister ship Galaxy, of which Chris Floyd II was a crew member, had crash-landed on Europa, Floyd found himself on a rescue mission to save Galaxy. He helped convince the crew to attempt Second Officer Jolson's plan of taking water fuel from a geyser on Halley's Comet called "Old Faithful" rather than returning to the Moon first. That plan turned out to be successful.

At Yva Merlin's suggestion, Floyd called David Bowman on the radio asking for permission to land on Europa. That night he woke up to find a tiny version of the monolith floating inside his quarters. At that point, Heywood Floyd was split into two people: one was a human the same as he always was, and the other was an incorporeal being, similar to David Bowman. On Europa, the incorporeal Floyd appeared to his grandson Chris, making him think that Floyd was dead and he'd seen his ghost. Chris soon discovered that Floyd was not dead when they were reunited, and they became closer following these events. The incorporeal Floyd also became reacquainted with the incorporeal forms of Bowman and HAL. It was revealed that they "recruited" him to help them develop the Europans to further intelligence within the life-span of the Lucifer sun. It is not known what became of the original Floyd, but due to his age it is fair to assume that he died some time after. Floyd does not feature in any form in 3001: The Final Odyssey.