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by acheron
1177 days ago
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No, the post you're responding to is mistaken. They were both written at the same time. It sounds like Clarke and Kubrick got together to hash out the plot and some of the details, then went off and each made their own version. The film was released first (barely, and apparently to the annoyance of Clarke), but the novel was not based on it at all. |
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“The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and other short stories by Clarke. Clarke also published a novelisation of the film, in part written concurrently with the screenplay, after the film's release.”