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Surely it would be homage to Arthur C. Clarke, the author who invented it.

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The screen play was actually written first by both Kubrick and Clarke, the novel was released after the movie came out. I think it’s fair to give them both credit.

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Kubrick was at the very least involved in the design of the monolith for the set: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)#D...