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angelofthe0dd 's review for:
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
A deeply philosophical novel about the pain, the excitement, the losses, and the gains of evolutionary progress. I've seen the movie twice, and I loved it both times. However, the book (at the risk of sounding cliche) really does a much better job of illustrating and explaining the symbolism of the "monolith" and its relation to evolution. For example, the movie starts out with a scene of man-apes and the monolith. What exactly is happening in the movie is a bit vague. In the book, we can see inside the character's minds and understand more clearly what's going on and what exactly that scene is about.