The initial agreement predicts that Clarke will develop the novel by working with the director, who will then adapt it in a screenplay. Kubrick, an excellent omnipotent perfectionist, tells Clarke that the best way to work on this subject is to write a novel from scratch. Thus began the writing of 2001 the book and 2001 the film: Clarke lodges for a while at the Chelsea Hotel, selects and offers Kubrick some of his stories already published, Kubrick rejects them all.
Kubrick wanted to shoot a science fiction movie, one well done, certainly not one of the b-movies of the era (which he despised) and Clarke had been recommended as the best contemporary science fiction author. Clarke had lived for years in Sri Lanka, where he remained until his death, but accepted Kubrick’s proposal and the two ended up meeting in a Hawaiian restaurant where they kept talking for hours.
Clarke to invite him to New York to discuss a project. In 1964, Stanley Kubrick wrote a letter to Arthur C. The first section of the book, in which aliens influence the ways of the antediluvian human ancestors, is similar to Clarke’s earlier story, Encounter in the Dawn. By 1992 this book had already sold over three million copies globally. The novel is based in part on several short stories by Clarke including The Sentinel. Both Kubrick and Clarke worked on the novel together, but eventually, only Arthur Clarke ended up as the book’s official author. The novel was written concurrently with Kubrick’s film version and published shortly after the film premiered. The film is a sequel to the first film and is based on Clarkes Space Odyssey series second book.Ģ001: A Space Odyssey is the debut book in Space Odyssey series written by bestselling British author Arthur C. 2010: Odyssey Two was adapted into a 1984 Sci-Fi film 2010: The Year We Make Contact written, directed and produced by Peter Hyams. The first novel in the series was adapted into a 1968 sci-fi movie by the same name directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick starring Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea. The series lasted four books concluding with 3001: The Final Odyssey in 1997. He is famously known for his book and film 2001: A Space Odyssey which he wrote with the help of Stanley Kubrick.Ĭlarke began the publication of Space Odyssey series in 1968 when 2001: A Space Odyssey the first book in the series was published. He was one of the most authoritative figures in the 20th-century sci-fi and spent most of his life in England where he worked as WWII radar operator before relocating to Ceylon in 1956.
Space Odyssey series of sci-fi novels written by an English author of fantasy, science and science fiction novels Arthur C.
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