Strangelove, yearned to make a groundbreaking sci-fi epic, and the older Clarke, a sci-fi icon even then, wanted to break into Hollywood. Both were fans of each other's work: Kubrick, coming off Dr. The book presents in a fairly straightforward manner the four years between director Kubrick and author Clarke's initial meeting and 2001's release. Clarke and the Making of a Masterpiece (Simon & Schuster, 512 pp., ★★★ out of four) effectively chronicles all of it, down to the smallest spaceship details and the most petty business decisions. Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick - got together and created an astounding, philosophical and downright Homeric work that explored evolution, artificial intelligence and the existence of alien life in the universe. Then a couple of cultural giants - novelist Arthur C. Until that point, science fiction movies were mainly considered trash.

In 1968, 2001 changed the game for the sci-fi genre. It's the 50th birthday of a film that was supposed to be - and definitely is - 'the proverbial 'really good' science fiction movie,' and Michael Benson's exhaustive new book about the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey stars the two men at the center of an influential powerhouse.

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