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2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
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#24 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
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One of the greatest movies of all time. I'm not sure if Stanley Kubrick actually co-wrote part the book with Clarke or
collaborated with Clarke on the novel (?) I think the monoliths are evolutionary prods, terraforming machines, and
star-gates all in one ?? :-) ...more
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