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The proverbial “really good” science-fiction movie

The birth of 2001: A Space Odyssey - PLUS Arthur C. Clarke replies to crackpots

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The following letter, written on this day in 1964, can be found in the book, Letters of Note: Space—used with permission from Christiane Kubrick and Stanley Kubrick Film Archives LCC. The embedded audio, of the letter being read by Ferdinand Kingsley, is from the accompanying audiobook. Beneath it all is a bonus.

See also: a diary entry written by Arthu…

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