On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 08:26:37AM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 06/22/2013 05:12 AM, Tim wrote:
> >Allegedly, on or about 21 June 2013, Tom Horsley sent:
> >>Just remember what happened when HAL told Dave the AE-35
> >>unit would fail in 24 hours :-).
> >
> >Read the book, it's much more comprehensive than the film (which was
> >shortened, significantly). There's a lot more to that part of the plot
> >than the film conveys.
> >
>
> ROTFLMAO! The film was based on a short story, *The Sentinal,* By
> Arthur C. Clark, who later wrote a novel *based on* the film.
> Naturally, in that novelization, he had room to add considerable
> back-story and detail that wasn't in the film.
It's been ages since I've read the book, but my recollection is that
ACC wrote the book more or less in parallel with the movie, and that
Kubrick took liberties therewith.
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