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by ac42 2038 days ago
Clarke.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke
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sdmike1 2037 days ago
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)

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ac42 2037 days ago
Indeed, and to my feeble defense:

> The book was credited to Clarke alone.

TIL :)

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