''The Sentinel'' contains - The story that inspired 2001; A Space Odyssey- THE SENTINEL; The real prequel to 2010; Odyssey Two - A MEETING WITH MEDUSA; The story that gave birth to Childhood's End - GUARDIAN ANGEL; The original version of THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH; The story originally published as '?'- REFUGEE; A story of human chauvinism told by the tentacled Lords of the Universe - RESCUE PARTY; A tale of theft en route to JUPITER V; A Story of sailing THE WIND FROM THE SUN.