Date sent:  12-MAR-1996 22:59:06
 
 
 
>There's been a *lot* written on this film, but you might start by comparing
>Arthur C. Clarke's novelization (which was written while the film was in
>production) and its subsequent sequels.
 
The fact that there was a novelization is an interesting fact unto
itself.  David Wheeler, in his book NO, BUT I SAW THE MOVIE, says that
this is "one of the very few instances in which a short story adapted
into film spawned, in essence, a 'novelization' that later became a
major work of modern fiction."
 
 
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