2001: An Odyssey in Words

A project in London, UK by Tom Hunter
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An original anthology honouring Sir Arthur C. Clarke's centenary year where every story is precisely two thousand and one words long.
Backers: 349
Average Pledge Per Backer: £31

Funded: £10,804 of £5,000
Dates: Dec 16th -> Jan 29th (45 days)
Project By: Tom Hunter
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Latest News

2 days to go...

January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
... And we've just got time to announce that three times winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, China Miéville, will be joining the ranks of our non-fiction contributors to the anthology alongside past Clarke Award judge (and quite well known author)... (Read More)

A new anthology will honor Arthur C. Clarke with 2,001-word stories

January 26th - via: theverge.com
2001: An Odyssey in Words is now funding on Kickstarter. The new anthology aims to honor the late author (Read More)

Seven days to go, and a new reward tier for aspiring writers

January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone There are currently 196 of you backing this project, and with seven days to go until the project closes on Sunday 28th Jan we wanted to say another big thank you for all the support.  We'll be pushing on towards hitting our £10,000... (Read More)

Stretch goal announced! And new rewards for all backers if we hit target

January 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone With two weeks to go and our initial funding target hit, we wanted to add an extra reward for all of our current backers and new pledges if we can hit this new funding goal. STRETCH TARGET: £10,000 If we hit target, every backer will... (Read More)

Introducing the latest author to join our odyssey

December 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Good news everyone! We're delighted to announce Paul McAuley as the latest author to join our 2001 word story odyssey. Paul has been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award five times, including winning in 1996 with his epic novel of nanotechnology... (Read More)

Adding pledge tiers and welcoming authors

December 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings everyone We'll shortly be boarding our secret satellite base for the holidays, but before we switch on the cloaking device we've just got time to share a couple of new campaign announcements. First, we're still somewhat overwhelmed by the... (Read More)

Cue up Also Sprach Zarathustra, open the Pod Bay doors and hug a Monolith - Ground Control, we have funding!

December 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings and salutations Carbon-Based Bipeds everywhere, and a special Blue Danube Waltz to you, the 114 backers who helped us achieve our five thousand pound launch target in just four days! Right now we are dancing in Zero-G, so please excuse the... (Read More)

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