There are differences between the movie and the novel, but I would consider them to be minor. The movie has four distinct parts, whereas the novel has a discrete beginning, a middle and an ending, all blending into a single story. For 2001, the novel and screenplay were produced at the same time, therefore “odd.” The way movies are made, normally the novel is written first and separately, then a screenplay is developed from the novel. Clarke writes that “toward the end novel and screenplay were being written simultaneously, with feedback in both directions”. The screenplay for the movie was a cooperative effort between Clarke and Kubrick, and when the movie was in production, the two of them were changing the screenplay as the film was being shot. In the beginning section of this book, Clarke writes that in 1964 Stanley Kubrick, a movie producer and director, asked Clarke for an idea to make the “proverbial good science fiction movie”. This book is odd because of the way it was written. Clarke wrote in the edition I reviewed that 2001 “has been called one of the most influential movies ever made and almost invariably turns up in the list of the all-time top ten”. And you have to watch the movie which I consider to be one of the best ten movies ever made. If you are a member of the National Space Society and have never read a science fiction book, this is the one science fiction book you should read. “The Greatest Science Fiction Novel of All Times and Our Time – ‘Dazzling’ - Time.” This statement appears on the cover of 2001.
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