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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 fan
by blonde_ocean 6y ago
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 6y agoClarke. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke
- sdmike1 6y agoThe 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) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentinel_(short_story)
- ac42 6y agoIndeed, and to my feeble defense: > The book was credited to Clarke alone. TIL :)