Un misterioso monolito, un'astronave diretta verso Saturno e un calcolatore di inconcepibile capacità... A questo soggetto s'ispirò Stanley Kubrick per uno dei più spettacolari film del secolo.
Ruth smiles, but beneath the surface nurses a hatred as powerful as the sea, and as sharp as the coldest of blades. The object of Ruth's malevolence is her cousin, Elizabeth -- orphaned at nine months and raised by Ruth's parents as their own -- whose very presence stole Ruth's birthright as only child. From this twisted sense of betrayal grows an envy, dark as night, from which there can be but one refuge: Elizabeth's destruction.