Cover of the 1972 Signet book
The Lost Worlds of 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke was published in 1972 by Signet as an accompaniment to the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The book itself consists in part of behind-the-scenes notes from Clarke concerning scriptwriting (and rewriting), as well as production issues. The core of the book, however, is contained in excerpts from the proto-novel and an early screenplay that did not make it into the final version. Alternative settings for launch preparation, the EVA scene where astronaut Frank Poole is lost, and varying dialogues concerning the HAL 9000 unit are all featured in the book. Also included is the original short story "The Sentinel" on which 2001 is loosely based.
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| Films | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) |
| Books | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · 2010: Odyssey Two (1982) · 2061: Odyssey Three (1987) · 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997) · The Lost Worlds of 2001 (1972) |
| Comics | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1976) |
| Short stories | "The Sentinel" (written 1948, first published 1951 as "Sentinel of Eternity") |
| Characters | HAL 9000 · David Bowman · Dr. Chandra · Walter Curnow · Heywood Floyd · Frank Poole |
| Vehicles | Discovery One · EVA Pod · Leonov · Orion III · Aries Ib · Space Station V · Moonbus |
| Locations | Earth · Moon · Clavius Base · Tycho · Jupiter · Europa · Io · Ganymede · Saturn · Iapetus |
| Cast | Keir Dullea · John Lithgow · Gary Lockwood · Helen Mirren · Douglas Rain · Roy Scheider · William Sylvester · Leonard Rossiter · Margaret Tyzack |
| Crew/creators | Arthur C. Clarke · Peter Hyams · Jack Kirby · Stanley Kubrick |
| Interpretations | Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Music | Alex North's 2001: A Space Odyssey |
