2001
An Odyssey In Words: Honouring the Centenary of Sir Arthur C. Clarke's Birth
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Produced to honour the centenary of Sir Arthur C. Clarke's birth, this anthology acts as a fund raiser for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Original SF stories of precisely 2001 words from some of the biggest names in science fiction, including 10 winners of the Clarke Award and 13 authors who have been shortlisted, as well as non-fiction from thrice-winner China Miéville and former judge Neil Gaiman.
Contents:
Introduction
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
2001: A Space Prosthesis - The Extensions of Man - Andrew M. Butler (non-fiction)
On Judging The Clarke Award - Neil Gaiman (non-fiction)
Once More on the 3rd Law - China Miéville (non-fiction)
John Mark Reynolds
John Mark Reynolds (PhD, University of Rochester) is the founder and former director of the Torrey Honors Institute and associate professor of philosophy at Biola University. He has also taught philosophy at Roberts Wesleyan College, Whitworth College, and Saint John Fisher College. He lectures frequently on ancient philosophy and cultural trends. Reynolds and his wife, Hope, have four children.
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China Miéville
China Mi�ville is the multi-award-winning author of many works of fiction and non-fiction. His fiction includes The City & The City, Embassytown and This Census-Taker, and has won the Hugo, World Fantasy and Arthur C Clarke Awards; his non-fiction includes the photo-illustrated essay London's Overthrow, and Between Equal Rights: A Marxist Theory of International Law. He has a PhD in International Relations from the LSE. He has written for various publications, including the New York Times, The Guardian, Conjunctions and Granta. He is a founding editor of the quarterly Salvage. He has been a fellow of the McDowell Colony, the Lannan Foundation, and the Rockefeller Bellagio Center, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Neil Gaiman
NEIL GAIMAN was awarded the Newbery and Carnegie Medals for The Graveyard Book. His other books for younger readers include Coraline (which was made into an Academy-Award-nominated film) and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (which wasn’t). Born in England, he has won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. You can learn more at www.mousecircus.com.
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