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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Into the Depths. In addition to writing, Arthur C. Clarke was a noted undersea explorer. A member of the Underwater Explorers Club, he discovered sunken masonry, architecture, and idols.
Ho-Hum. In the film version of the novel, Dr. Heywood Floyd finds space travel boring. This is a departure from the novel, where Floyd finds his journey exhilarating. Though they wrote the novel and screenplay together, this highlights the difference of opinion between Clarke and Kubrick over how quickly humans would have adjusted to the technology of space travel.