Re: ~ Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Author and Gay Man, Dies ~

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:49:36 -0400, "Franklin Hummel"
<hummel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>I will agree this is technically true.  However, Clarke *wrote* the 
>novel and *co-wrote* the movie.

At the time, Clarke said, not entirely facetiously, that the credit on
the film ought read "By Kubrick and Clarke" and that on the book ought
be "by Clarke and Kubrick".
>
>I remember reading an article where Clarke said that in the book the 
>space****p went to a moon of Saturday, 

Is that where the man who was Thursday lives?

>while in the script this was 
>changed to a moon of Jupiter, for special effects reasons.  

As they realised while working out the effects, once youi've made
Jupiter, you've made Saturn, just with a ring added, and visually it's
not worth the trouble.