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Originally Posted by Crusader
I'm currently trying to read my newly acquired Space Odyssey series by Arthur C Clarke.
I've finished 2001 and I'm a third into 2010. I can't understand why on earth he would completely change the setting of the 2nd book (Jupiter instead of Saturn) and use the background/events of the film instead.
In the foreword he does state that the book follows the screen version, but why not just stick to the original story?
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If you have not done so, as prequels to 2001, you might also want to read The Sentinel and and Encounter In The Dawn. Also the Lost Worlds Of 2001, which describes the collabarations between Clarke and Kubrick on the making of the film.