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"The Sentinel"
by Arthur C. Clarke

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Publishing Data

Originally published in Ten Story Fantasy, Spring 1951
Collected in The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, ed. Arthur B. Evans et al.
Preview
A geologist on the Moon investigates an artifact.
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Navigation Guide
What are the men doing on the Moon ?
Why does Wilson want to investigate what he sees in the mountains?
What does he find?
At first what does he think he has found?
What is the object really evidence of?
What happens after Wilson reports his discovery?
What do the humans learn about the object and when and why it was placed on the Moon?
What do you think will happen next?
 
 
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Further Exploration
This story is the basis for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)and Clarke's subsequent novel based on the screenplay.
 
 
 
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