2001 an odyssey in words

2001: An Odyssey in words is a collection of twenty-seven stories, all exactly 2001 words in length and written to honour the late, great author Arthur C Clarke. The anthology is a collaboration between The Arthur C. Clarke Award and NewCon Press which began life as a kickstarter project, exceeding it's target goal in just over a month (SFBook was one such backer).

Those contributing include some of the biggest names writing science fiction today - ten of whom have won the Arthur C Clarke award. Those include our very own reviewer, author and all-round clever bod Allen Stroud.

The collection has been edited by the Director of the Arthur C Clarke Award - Tom Hunter and owner of NewCon Press - Ian Whates Ian has also kindly written a thoughtful introduction to the anthology. It's a wonderfully diverse collection of stories  (along with three non-fiction articles) and feels like a rat-pack of 21st century science fiction authors - it's a serious roster of some of the finest writers today. Each story adds something unique to the collection and there isn't a single weak entry.

Fiction:

• Golgotha - Dave Hutchinson
• The Monoliths of Mars - Paul McAuley
• Murmuration - Jane Rogers
• Ouroboros - Ian R. MacLeod
• The Escape Hatch - Matthew De Abaitua
• Childhood’s Friend - Rachel Pollack
• Takes from the White Hart - Bruce Sterling
• Your Death, Your Way, 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! - Emma Newman
• Distraction - Gwyneth Jones
• Dancers - Allen Stroud
• Entropy War - Yoon Ha Lee
• The Ontologist - Liz Williams
• Waiting in the Sky - Tom Hunter
• The Collectors - Adrian Tchaikovsky
• I Saw Three Ships - Phillip Mann
• Before They Left - Colin Greenland
• Drawn From the Eye - Jeff Noon
• Roads of Silver, Paths of Gold - Emmi Itäranta
• The Fugue - Stephanie Holman
• Memories of a Table - Chris Beckett
• Child of Ours - Claire North
• Would-Be A.I., Tell Us a Tale! #241: Sell ’em Back in Time! by Hali Hallison - Ian Watson
• Last Contact - Becky Chambers
• The Final Fable - Ian Whates
• Ten Landscapes of Nili Fossae - Ian McDonald
• Child - Adam Roberts
• Providence - Alastair Reynolds

Non-fiction:

• 2001: A Space Prosthesis – The Extensions of Man – Andrew M. Butler
• On Judging The Clarke Award – Neil Gaiman
• Once More on the 3rd Law – China Miéville