Yes, both based on Clarke's short story "Childhood's End" And in the novel, the action takes place around Saturn, not Jupiter. The rings would have made the graphic work even harder.
But nowhere, in any of the WRITTEN work, will you find the IMAGE I gave the link to. That is from the movie. You are trying to create an argument where there is none. > >> > Whoa. The book was written by Arthur C. Clarke, not Kubrick. > > > > > > Of course the book was written by Clarke; but the movie, the source of > the > > image, was by Kubrick. > > Kubrick asked Arthur C. Clarke to write the screenplay for the 2001 > movie. Clarke simultaneously wrote the novel. The movie was released > first--then the novel. Clarke wrote both. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
