It’s been more than forty years since the publication of this classic research fiction novel that changed just how we go through the stars and ourselves. In the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind towards the bands of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: AN AREA Odyssey can be a trip unlike some other.This allegory about humanity’s exploration of the universe, and the universe’s a reaction to humanity, was the foundation for director Stanley Kubrick’s immortal film, and lives on being a hallmark achievement in storytelling.