Shadows of Hyperion
A project in Troy, NY by Ryk E. Spoor000days
:
00hours
:
00minutes
Funding Successful
$10,791
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 27 @ 08:01 -0400 GMT
107%
of goal
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
Now you can share!
Help your backers reach your daily goals and help others see how you're doing. It's easy, with Kicktraq Mini.Here are a few quick snippits of code you can use to embed your personalized widget on your website, in your blog, and even on your favorite forum.
HTML for websites & blogs
Copy HTMLBBCode for forums
Copy BBCodeReddit code for... well, Reddit
Copy Reddit CodeSpecial Note: Kickstarter recently disabled remote embedding for images on project pages, so embedding code doesn't work on project pages (yet) - just everywhere else.
You can read more about it here.
Latest News
IT BEGINS!
June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so very much for your support! Shadows of Hyperion will become a reality! (Read More)
WE DID IT!
June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
As of about 3:10 this morning (EST), Shadows of Hyperion passed the goal! This book will be a reality! It is also not impossible, though unlikely, that we could hit the first stretch goal, which is a full wraparound cover (rather than just... (Read More)
Because someone reminded me of my failure to post this...
June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAND! ! ! ! (heading for 9400, in fact!) (Read More)
We've broken the 90% barrier!
June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We've reached over 91%! Two days to go but the end is in sight! (Read More)
Approaching 70%...
June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
... help by spreading the word as we are now in the last few days of the Kickstarter! It's all-or-nothing, and all of us want it to be "all"! (Read More)
More Arena Art and another Kickstarter that may be of interest...
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the other things I want to do, if we can get there, is have more art made of key Arenaverse characters, objects, and locations. Not everyone's seen the artwork by Morinekozion that I already have, so here's a few of her alien designs! (Don't... (Read More)
If we can make it...
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
... one should know that the cover artist will likely be Vincent Chong, who did the French covers for GCA and Spheres of Influence. Here is the cover art he did for Spheres; I figure a lot of people have not seen his awesome cover work for the... (Read More)
53% of the way...
June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
And it's time for us to start the push toward the end. Ten days to go! There is often a surge at the end of Kickstarters, so if we can push it, it still may hit the goal -- something I want, and I know all of you backers do too! (Read More)
ALMOST halfway there...
June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
...now over 4900! I know there's usually a surge at the end, but it's still slowed down enough that I'm concerned it won't be quite enough. So please, keep sharing this to any place you can think of -- FB, Twitter, BBS's, Tumblr, wherever -- and... (Read More)
Approaching 40%...
June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
... and slowdown in contributions. This is normal, but if we want to actually reach the goal -- or even better, hit stretch goals -- we need to make sure word keeps spreading. You backers can do one more thing to help, besides pledging money: share... (Read More)
Good news in advance!
May 31st - via: kickstarter.com
... assuming the Kickstarter funds and thus I get to write Shadows of Hyperion, Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press has agreed to publish it! (Read More)
Thirty Percent There!
May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Most of you are familiar with the way Kickstarter works, but for those who aren't -- it's all-or-nothing. That is, if we don't reach (at least) 100% funded, you don't get charged, and I don't write the book (or if I do, there's no telling when it... (Read More)
A quarter of the way there!
May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks for all of your support! We've made a real good start here -- just keep sharing the link (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/420370544/shadows-of-hyperion) and make sure it spreads! (Read More)
We've broken a thousand!
May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all you early birds, we're 10% of the way there, into four digits in a few hours! Thanks! Fingers crossed we can go the whole distance (or better yet, hit some stretch goals)! (Read More)
Here's a link to a FREE copy...
May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
... of Grand Central Arena, the first book in the series. It's in the Baen Free Library (as Baen published the first three books in the series). The others, of course, you'd have to buy, at the links given. GCA is also available free on Amazon, as... (Read More)
If you have additional news that doesn't appear here, shoot us a link!