individually numbered copies of "2001: A Space Odyssey: The Monolith Edition," a letterpress printed edition of Arthur C. Clarke's novel, which is signed by the team behind the project.

The objects are reminiscent of the extraterrestrial monoliths in the science fiction classic “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Monolith Tracker uses a classification system for monoliths because some ...

2001’s recurring alien monolith could be seen as a possible ... And that’s why we’ll always come back to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well).