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"The Sentinel" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, famous for being expanded (and extensively modified) into the novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Clarke has actually expressed impatience with the common description of it as "the story on which 2001 is based." Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ...
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Insert non-formatted text here Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British author and inventor, most famous for his science-fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director [[Link title#REDIRECT Insert textStanley Kubrick]] on the film of the same...
A movie poster from the original release of 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is an immensely popular and influential science fiction film and book; the film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the book written by Arthur C. Clarke. ...
It was written in 1948 for a BBC competition (in which it failed to place) and was first published in the magazine 10 Story Fantasy in 1951, under the title "Sentinel of Eternity." Despite this, it changed the course of Clarke's career. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television). ...
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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. The story deals with the discovery of an artifact on Earth's Moon left behind eons ago by ancient aliens. The object is pyramidal in shape, and is surrounded by a spherical forcefield. The first-person narrator speculates at one point that the mysterious aliens who left this structure on the Moon may have used mechanisms belonging "to a technology that lies beyond our horizons, perhaps to the technology of para-physical forces." Bulk composition of the moons mantle and crust estimated, weight percent Oxygen 42. ...
For millennia (evidenced by dust buildup around its forcefield) the artifact has transmitted signals into deep space, but it ceases to transmit when the astronauts who discover it breach the forcefield. The narrator hypothesises that this "sentinel" was left on the moon as a "warning beacon" for the possible intelligent and spacefaring life that might develop on Earth.
This quote illustrates the idea, and its ramifications:
- "It was only a matter of time before we found the pyramid and forced it open. Now its signals have ceased, and those whose duty it is will be turning their minds upon Earth. Perhaps they wish to help our infant civilisation. But they must be very, very old, and the old are often insanely jealous of the young."
In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the operation of the sentinel is reversed. It is the energy of the sun, falling for the first time on the uncovered artifact, that triggers the signal that creatures from the Earth had taken the first step into space.
The Space Odyssey series
Films
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
Novels
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 2010: Odyssey Two (1982)
2061: Odyssey Three (1987) | 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997)
Comics series
2001: A Space Odyssey (1976)
Short stories
"The Sentinel" (1952)
Characters
Heywood Floyd | David Bowman | Frank Poole | Dr. Chandra |
HAL 9000 | Walter Curnow
Vehicles
Discovery One | EVA Pod | Leonov
Cast
Keir Dullea | Gary Lockwood | William Sylvester | Douglas Rain
Roy Scheider | Helen Mirren | John Lithgow
Crew/creators
Arthur C. Clarke | Stanley Kubrick | Peter Hyams | Jack Kirby The Space Odyssey series is a science fiction series of novels and films created from 1953 to 1997 primarily by the science-fiction writer, Arthur C. Clarke and by the film director, Stanley Kubrick. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
(Redirected from 2010: The Year We Make Contact) 2010: Odyssey Two, is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke (January 1982) and also a motion picture (1984) by Peter Hyams entitled simply 2010, or sometimes 2010: The Year We Make Contact. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
2010: Odyssey Two, is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke (January 1982) and also a motion picture (1984) by Peter Hyams entitled simply 2010, or sometimes 2010: The Year We Make Contact. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2061: Odyssey Three (1987) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, and is the third book in the Space Odyssey series. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
3001: The Final Odyssey (1997) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, fourth and final book in the Space Odyssey series. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Heywood Floyd is a character in the Space Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke. ...
Keir Dullea as David Bowman. ...
Frank Poole vs. ...
Dr. Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai (Dr. R. Chandra) is the fictional creator of HAL 9000 in the Space Odyssey series written by Arthur C. Clarke. ...
HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a fictional computer/character in the Space Odyssey series, the first being the novel and film 2001 A Space Odyssey, written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1968. ...
Walter Curnow is a character in the Space Odyssey series, who appears in the book and movie versions of 2010: Odyssey Two. ...
Discovery One is a fictional spacecraft shown in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The EVA Pod is a fictional spacecraft seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The Leonov was the fictional Russian spaceship in the novel 2010: Odyssey Two, and its film adaptation 2010: The Year We Make Contact. ...
Keir Dullea (born May 30, 1936) is an actor best remembered for his role as astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and in 1984s 2010: The Year We Make Contact. ...
Gary Lockwood (born John Gary Yusolfsky on February 21, 1937 in Van Nuys, California) is an American actor. ...
William Sylvester (January 31, 1922 - January 25, 1995) was an American TV and film actor. ...
Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator born in 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...
Roy Richard Scheider (born November 10, 1932) is an American actor. ...
Dame Helen Mirren (born Ilyena Lydia Mironova on July 26, 1945) is a Russian-English stage, television and movie actor. ...
John Lithgow John Arthur Lithgow (pronounced lith-go) is a stage, television, and film actor best known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the 1996-2001 NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. ...
Insert non-formatted text here Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British author and inventor, most famous for his science-fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director [[Link title#REDIRECT Insert textStanley Kubrick]] on the film of the same...
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director and producer who is widely considered to have been one of the most innovative, talented, and influential filmmakers of the late 20th century. ...
Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American screenwriter, director and cinematographer. ...
The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous co-creations. ...
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