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This 5 page report discusses the book “2001: A Space Odyssey” rather than the movie. The book was a more powerful and certainly more comprehensible story than that of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 movie but it is important to understand that the movie and novel were developed simultaneously with feedback in both directions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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or talking computer androids. Arthur Clarke wrote the novel and Stanley Kubrick created the film but the two collaborated on both projects. The novel is far more explicit and personal,
and certainly far easier to understand. Even though history has disproved Clarkes "predictions" for the future, it is still awe-inspiring science fiction that, in many ways, has served as the
basis for science fiction speculation and imaginative creation for the past three decades. It is important to consider the book in terms of
its contribution, not adaptation, to the movie of the same title. The story line is almost identical to that of the film with a few interesting differences that allow the
individual reader a far greater understanding of Clarkes vision and ideas than the movie allowed members of the audience. The allegory about humanitys exploration of the universe, and the universes
reaction to humanity, works better as a novel in terms of sheer impact of storytelling. Too often, the movies stunning visual impact, especially considering it was released in the
late 1960s, got in the way of the connection Clarke was striving for and reached in the book. A Better Book than Movie? The debate has been going on for
the past thirty years as to which was "better" - "2001" the book or "2001" the movie. Not surprisingly the fans of Clarkes numerous books prefer the book just
as the fans of Kubrick have virtually deified the status of the movie to near canonical text. The fact does remain, however, that the book and film are essentially the
same - all the major themes run through the book as strongly as they do the film. It is the means by which the information is presented that is
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