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First edition, first printing, of Clarke's novelization of his screenplay for the multiple award-winning film of 1968 directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. "After the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke became perhaps the best-known science fiction writer in the world, and in America by far and away the most popular foreign science fiction writer" (SFE). Octavo. Original black quarter boards, spine lettered in blue and silver, blue board sides, pictorial endpapers. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black board folding box replicating jacket art on front. Spine ends bumped; unclipped jacket a little creased, a couple of nicks, verso with one small tape reinforcement, faint splash mark to head of rear flap fold, else bright: a near-fine copy in very good jacket. .

Written by Arthur C. Clarke, '2001: A Space Odyssey' is a seminal work in the science fiction genre. The novel was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation and published after the film's release. It explores complex themes of human evolution, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life.