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by Stanley Kubrick
About 8 pages (2,343 words)
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The debates of Dr. Louis Leakey, Desmond Morris, and Robert Ardrey influence not only the first section but the broad themes of the novel. The use Clarke and Kubrick made of the Odyssey in structuring the screenplay and novel is clear, and the Divine Comedy plays a part in the afterlife pilgrimage of Bowman;.....

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2001: A Space Odyssey from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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