• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    “The writer” being Arthur C. Clarke. I was under the impression that the book was written at the same time as the movie and released after the movie came out.

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      5 months ago

      Originally there was a short story that was an astronaut finding an alien artifact on the Moon.

      Kubrick liked it, and asked Clarke to develop the idea.

      The novel and the movie came out at the same time.

      Eventually, Clarke did some sequels, 2010 and 3001.

      2010 is a pretty good movie about a joint Russian/American mission to retrieve Dave and Hal’s ship.