Unlike 2001: A Space Odyssey, the novel and the screenplay were not written simultaneously, and there are significant differences between the two.
In one aspect, a part of this novel has similarities with a much older short story by Clarke, "History Lesson"--the plot involves superfast evolution on a world just made habitable. See "History Lesson" for more specific comments.
For both the book and the movie, the story is set nine years after the failure of the Discovery mission to Jupiter. Note that the novel version of 2001 featured the journey to Saturn instead: Clarke acknowledges this retroactive continuity in his author's foreword.
In one aspect, a part of this novel has similarities with a much older short story by Clarke, "History Lesson"--the plot involves superfast evolution on a world just made habitable. See "History Lesson" for more specific comments.
For both the book and the movie, the story is set nine years after the failure of the Discovery mission to Jupiter. Note that the novel version of 2001 featured the journey to Saturn instead: Clarke acknowledges this retroactive continuity in his author's foreword.
2010: Odyssey Two
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