The movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) was based on a short story, “The Sentinel”, by Arthur C Clarke. It was produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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Book References
For discussion of “2001: A Space Odyssey” see the following:
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Aldiss, Brian in his “Billion Year Spree” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 261 (in Chapter 10) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback edition. |
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Baxter, John in his “Science Fiction in the Cinema” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 181-185 (in Chapter 14), 239 (in the “Select Filmography”) of the Zwemmer softcover edition. |
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Benford, Gregory in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 188, 191-193, 196 (in Chapter 4) of the ibooks softcover edition. |
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Benford, Gregory in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 165, 168-169, 172-173 (in Chapter 4) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 213, 217-218, 222 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “The Giant Leap” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 173-174, 175, 176-177, 179-180, 186 (in Chapter 14) of the revised Headline softcover edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “The Next Ten Thousand Years” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 140-141 (in Chapter 11) of the Coronet paperback edition. |
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Bizony, Piers in his “The Exploration of Mars: Searching for the Cosmic Origins of Life” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 175-176 (in Chapter 8) of the Aurum softcover edition. |
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Boyce, Chris in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 86 (in Chapter 6), 133-134 (in Chapter 10), 165 (in Appendix 1, entitled “A Checklist of ETs in the Cinema”) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at pages 77, 123-124, 153 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition. |
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Clarke, Arthur C in his “By Space Possessed” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 146-153 (Chapter 15 generally, “Son of Dr Strangelove”), 154-156 (Chapter 16 generally, “The Myth of 2001”) of the Victor Gollancz hardback edition. |
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Clarke, Arthur C in his “Report on Planet Three” (1972) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 244-252 (Chapter 22 generally, “Son of Dr Strangelove”), 253-255 (Chapter 23 generally, “The Myth of 2001”) of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Cohen, Jack and Stewart, Ian in their “Evolving the Alien” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 37-39 (in Chapter 2) of the Ebury Press hardback edition. |
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Conroy, Ed in his “Report on Communion” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 187 (in Chapter 5), 330 (in Chapter 9) of the |
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Cousineau, Phil in his “UFOs: A Manual for the Millenium” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 206-207 (in Chapter 8) of the Harper Collins paperback edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 375-376 (in the entry entitled “sentinel hypothesis”), 431 (in the entry entitled “2001: A Space Odyssey”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “2001: A Space Odyssey”. The relevant entry is available online at: |
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Davidson, Keay in his “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 168, 178-179 (in Chapter 7) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Davies, Paul in his “Are we Alone?“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 28 (in Chapter 3) of the Penguin paperback edition. |
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di Fate, Vincent in his “The Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 43 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Sci-Fi, Hokum and Barry Who? - The Golden Age of Science Fiction Movies”) of the Paper Tiger hardback edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 134 (in Chapter 4) of the |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 264 (in Chapter 5) of the |
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Dyson, Freeman in his “Disturbing the Universe” (1979) at pages 187-191 (in Chapter 17) of the Harper & Row hardback edition. |
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Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 32 (in Chapter 3) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 5 (in the Introduction) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition. |
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Guthke, Karl S in his “The Last Frontier : Imagining Other Worlds From the Copernican Revolution to Modern Science Fiction: Imagining Other Worlds From the Copernican Revolution to Modern Science Fiction” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 29, 30 (in Chapter 1.3) of the Cornell University softcover edition. |
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Hennessey, Roger in his “Worlds Without End : The Historic Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 119 (in Chapter 11) of the Tempus hardback edition. |
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Hoagland, Richard in his “The Monuments of Mars” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 101-102, 103 (in Chapter 6) of the 1992 revised |
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Holroyd, Stuart in his “Alien Intelligence” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 43-44 (in Chapter 2) of the David & Charles hardback edition. |
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Keel, John A in his “Disneyland of the Gods” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 120 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Missing Years”) of the I-Net softcover edition. |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 353 (in an entry entitled “Mind Control By Aliens”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 345 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 427 (in an entry entitled “Mind Control By Aliens”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Kurland, Michael in his “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 296 (in Chapter 28) 315-316 (in Appendix E, a list entitled “Alien Inspired Movies”) of the Alpha Books softcover edition. |
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Lachman, Gary Valentine in his “Turn Off Your Mind” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 20 (in Chapter 1) of the Sidgwick & Jackson softcover edition. |
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Lunan, Duncan in his “Man and the Stars” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 198 (in Chapter 11) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition, at page 248 of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Mannion, Michael in his “Project Mindshift” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 182-184 (in Chapter 6) of the Evans hardback edition. |
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Marciniak, Barbara in her “Earth - Pleiadian Keys to the Living Library” (1995) at page 21 (in Chapter 1) of the Bear & Co softcover edition. |
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McConnell, Brian in his “Beyond Contact : A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 184 (in Chapter 11) of the O’Reilly hardback edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 48-49 (in Chapter 3) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Menzel, Donald and Taves, Ernest in “The UFO Enigma“ (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 208 (in Chapter 15) of the Doubleday hardback edition. |
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Miller, David and Gatiss, Mark in their “They Came From Outer Space : Alien Encounters in the Movies” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 74-75 of the Visual Imagination softcover edition. |
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Nicolson, Iain in his “The Road to the Stars” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 208 (in Chapter 11) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 51 (in Chapter 4), 233 (in Chapter 13) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Pickover, Clifford in his “The Science of Aliens” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 153 (in Chapter 7) of the Basic Books hardback edition. |
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Poundstone, William in his “Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 105-106 (in the chapter entitled “Cambridge 1963-1968”) of the Owl Books softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “Looking for the Aliens” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 44-45 (in Chapter 6), 223 (in Chapter 23) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Alien Contact – The First Fifty Years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 63 (in the chapter entitled “1968”) of the Collins and Brown hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The Complete Book of Aliens and Abductions” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) a page 128 (in Part 4) of the Piatkus hardback edition. |
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Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 211 (in an entry entitled “2001: A Space Odyssey”) of the MJF hardback edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 463-464 (in Chapter 9) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 328 (in an entry entitled “2001: A Space Odyssey”) of the Corgi softback edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “The Cosmic Connection” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 181-184 (in Chapter 25) of the Double Day hardcover edition, with the same page numbering in the Coronet softcover edition. |
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Sendy, Jean in his “Those Gods Who Made Heaven and Earth” (1969) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 183 (in Chapter 36) of the |
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Shapiro, Robert in his “Planetary Dreams” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 3-4 (in Chapter 1) of the Wiley hardback edition. |
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Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 2 (in Chapter 1) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition. |
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Siegel, Richard and Suares, Jean-Claude in their “Alien Creatures” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 154, 155 (in the Afterword) of the Reed softcover edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “Gifts of the Gods?” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 33-34 (in Chapter 4) of the Virgin paperback edition. |
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Story, Ronald in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 616-617 (in an entry entitled “2001: A Space Odyssey”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 603-604 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Story, Ronald in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 738 (in an entry entitled “2001: A Space Odyssey”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Story, Ronald in his “Guardians of the Universe?” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 18-19 (in Chapter 1) of the New English Library paperback edition. |
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Story, Ronald in his “The Space Gods Revealed” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 102-103 (in Chapter 12) of the New English Library paperback edition. |
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Tompkins, Bolyston in “Alien Creatures” (1978) (by Richard Siegel and Jean-Claude Suares) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 7, 16, 20-21, 25-26, 27 (in the Introduction) of the Reed softcover edition. |
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Tonnies, Mac in his “After the Martian Apocalypse” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 102, 112 (in Chapter 4) of the Paraview Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Trench, Brinsley Le Poer in his “The Eternal Subject” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 20 (in Chapter 2) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition, at page 18 of the Day Book paperback editon (published under the title “Mysterious Visitors: The UFO Story”). |
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Watson, Nigel and Slade, Darren in their “Supernatural Spielberg” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 21-22, 31 (in Chapter 3) of the Valis softcover edition. |
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Watson, Nigel in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 335 (in Chapter 5.4, entitled “The Day Flying Saucers Invaded the Cinema”) of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition. |
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Watson, Nigel in “UFOs and Ufology – the first 50 years” (1997) (by Paul Devereux and Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 40 (in Chapter 3) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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White, John in “Zen in the Art of Close Encounters” (1995) (edited by Paul David Pursglove) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 139-140 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Dander of ‘Gods from Outer Space’ ”) of the New Being Project softcover edition. |
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Wilkinson, David in his “Alone in the Universe?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 73 (in Chapter 4) of the Monarch softcover edition. |
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Wilson, Don in his “Secrets of Our Spaceship Moon” (1979) at page 251 (in Chapter 18) of the Sphere paperback edition. |
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