2001: A Space Odyssey is one of my all time favorite films. The book is a bit unusual in that it was written alongside the movie... it wasn't an adaptation of the film and the film isn't based on the book either. Technically it is based on the screenplay of the film even though it has a few differences. So Stanley Kubrick deserves some credit here also. Anyway, since I love the movie so much it is hard not to also love the book. I had read the entire book series some time ago and I enjoyed revisiting the first book. What I find most interesting is that the film is open to a variety of interpretations and has an ending that can be seen in many different ways.... and the book somehow explains what goes on a bit more thoroughly but is still true to the spirit and weirdness of the movie. It reads like an un-filmable book but the movie somehow uses the same story and is just perfect. I'll have to give the book an A. Will I be rereading the sequels too? No... they're nowhere as good as the first book.
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