The differences between the '2001: A Space Odyssey' movie and book you may not have noticed

Moon-Watcher actually went unnamed in the film.
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The differences between the '2001: A Space Odyssey' movie and book you may not have noticed
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Before the first strains of Richard Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra echoed in movie theaters (and the public consciousness for decades to come), 2001: A Space Odyssey was a novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Stanley Kubrick made a lot of adjustments in his adaptation, and we’ll give you the full tour.

2001: A Space Odyssey is a landmark in visual and cinematic storytelling, but it was a book first or not first, or simultaneously? We're not sure. So, how did the story get from the stage to the screen? There were a lot of changes involved.

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