[blonde_ocean]

I mean, it’s pretty cool. There’s that fact. But my guess it’s probably being drive to top due to the parallels to 2001. I’d imagine there’s a large Kubrick fanbase on HN, if not just a 2001 fanbase.

[ac42]

Clarke.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

[sdmike1]

The book and the film where written and developed cooperatively so both really ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ However, they are both based on clark's 1951 short story The Sentinel[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentinel_(short_story)

[ac42]

Indeed, and to my feeble defense:

> The book was credited to Clarke alone.

TIL :)