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As others noted, there's a sequel film 2010. Both 2001 and 2010 are also novelized, and there are five additional books: 2061 and 3001 are "far in the future" s

As others noted, there's a sequel film 2010. Both 2001 and 2010 are also novelized, and there are five additional books: 2061 and 3001 are "far in the future" sequels following some of the same characters (and the monoliths). There are also three other novels under "A Time Odyssey". Separate story but with similarities <spoiler>mysterious outsiders and fascinating human-made AIs</spoiler.

ghaff 4y ago
2001 was generally a novelization of the movie script. I'm pretty sure 2010 was originally a novel and Clarke didn't write the screenplay for the film. (He may have consulted; I don't know.)
- rsstack 4y ago
  On 2001: > Originally, Kubrick and Clarke had planned to develop a 2001 novel first, free of the constraints of film, and then write the screenplay. They planned the writing credits to be "Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, based on a novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick" to reflect their preeminence in their respective fields.[31] In practice, the screenplay developed in parallel with the novel, with only some elements being common to both. > In the end, Clarke and Kubrick wrote parts of the novel and screenplay simultaneously, with the film version being released before the book version was published. Clarke opted for clearer explanations of the mysterious monolith and Star Gate in the novel; Kubrick made the film more cryptic by minimising dialogue and explanation. However, 2010 was only a novel and later made in to a film, with the producer consulting with Clarke over email (in 1983).
  - ghaff 4y ago
    I knew it wasn't as straightforward as just a novelization but didn't look up the details though I probably knew them at one point. I also remembered that, absent reading Clarke's book, the film was pretty enigmatic.
  - b1c1jones 4y ago
    Before all of that was Clarke's short story "The Sentinel", which was the actual genesis of the idea.

ghaff 4y ago

2001 was generally a novelization of the movie script. I'm pretty sure 2010 was originally a novel and Clarke didn't write the screenplay for the film. (He may have consulted; I don't know.)

rsstack 4y ago
On 2001: > Originally, Kubrick and Clarke had planned to develop a 2001 novel first, free of the constraints of film, and then write the screenplay. They planned the writing credits to be "Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, based on a novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick" to reflect their preeminence in their respective fields.[31] In practice, the screenplay developed in parallel with the novel, with only some elements being common to both. > In the end, Clarke and Kubrick wrote parts of the novel and screenplay simultaneously, with the film version being released before the book version was published. Clarke opted for clearer explanations of the mysterious monolith and Star Gate in the novel; Kubrick made the film more cryptic by minimising dialogue and explanation. However, 2010 was only a novel and later made in to a film, with the producer consulting with Clarke over email (in 1983).
- ghaff 4y ago
  I knew it wasn't as straightforward as just a novelization but didn't look up the details though I probably knew them at one point. I also remembered that, absent reading Clarke's book, the film was pretty enigmatic.
- b1c1jones 4y ago
  Before all of that was Clarke's short story "The Sentinel", which was the actual genesis of the idea.