The geologists learn that the monolith is three million years old. This is a solid rectangular object with 1:4:9 dimensions, the squares of the first three integers. Floyd is sent to the moon to investigate a smooth black monolith found there. These man-apes discover a smooth black monolith but they have no interaction with this monolith. The novel begins with man-apes fighting with each other. 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. I am thrilled to be part of bringing that legacy to audiences and continuing the great cinematic tradition that this story and its creators deserve,” said Ridley Scott.“The Greatest Science Fiction Novel of All Times and Our Time – ‘Dazzling’ - Time.” This statement appears on the cover of 2001. “I have always been a fan of Clarke’s extraordinary ‘Odyssey’ series, and certainly Kubrick’s adaptation of 2001. The second book, 2010: Odyssey Two, was the only other of the novels in the series to be brought to the screen as a 1984 movie directed by Peter Hyams. The 3001 adaptation is being done with the blessing and support of both the Kubrick and Clarke estates. The opening book was immortalized by Kubrick’s 1968 feature. Clayton Krueger will serve as co-executive producer.Ĭlarke’s Odyssey series spanned over 30 years, with the initial publication of 2001 in 1968, and the final 3001 in 1997. Feature writer Stuart Beattie ( Pirates Of The Caribbean, Collateral) will write the adaptation and serve as executive producer along with Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and David W. and Warner Horizon TV, is described as an epic story of a man lost in time and dark thematic meditations on the final fate of all Humankind, It begins with the discovery of Frank Poole’s frozen body, floating in space, and resolves the tale that started in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The deal comes on the heels of Syfy recently greenlighting a miniseries adaptation of another Clarke classic, Childhood’s End.ģ001, from Scott Free Prods. Syfy has put in development 3001: The Final Odyssey, a miniseries based on the fourth and final Odyssey book. Clarke’s Odyssey series is getting a screen adaptation. Forty six years after the release of Stanley Kubrick’s groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey, the final book in Arthur C.
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