Karl Schroeder
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Karl Schroeder (Template:IPAc-en) (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, and are deeply philosophical. More recently he also focuses on near-future topics.[1] Several of his short stories feature the character Gennady Malianov.
Biography
Schroeder was born in a Mennonite family in Brandon, Manitoba. In 1986 he moved to Toronto, where he now lives with his wife Janice Beitel and daughter.[1] After publishing a dozen short stories, Schroeder published his first novel, Ventus, in 2000. A prequel to Ventus, Lady of Mazes, was published in 2005. He has published seven more novels and is co-author (with Cory Doctorow) of the self-help book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction. Schroeder currently writes, consults in the area of futures studies.[2]
In October, 2011, Karl Schroeder was awarded a Master of Design degree in Strategic Foresight and Innovation from OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Awards
- 1982. Pierian Spring Best Story award for The Great Worm.
- 1989. Context '89 fiction contest winner for The Cold Convergence.
- 1993. Prix Aurora Award for Best Short Work in English for The Toy Mill.
- 2001. New York Times Notable book for Ventus.
- 2003. Prix Aurora Award for best Canadian SF novel for Permanence.
- 2006/2007: Sun of Suns: Kirkus Best Book of 2006,[3] 2007 Aurora finalist,[4] 2007 nomination for the John W. Campbell Memorial award [4]
- 2012. Audie Award for best Original Work for METAtropolis: Cascadia, a shared-world audiobook anthology in which Schroeder's contribution was the short story Deodand.
- Lockstep was the 2015 winner of the Aurora Award for Best Young Adult Novel.[5]
Selected bibliography
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Stand-alone
- The Claus Effect (with David Nickle). (Tesseract Books, 1997) Template:ISBN
- Permanence (Tor Books, 2002.) Template:ISBN
- Crisis in Zefra (Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts, National Defence Canada; 2005.) Template:ISBN
- Lockstep (Tor Books, 2014.) Template:ISBN
- Jubilee , 2014
- The Million , 2018
- Stealing Worlds , 2019
Ventus
- Ventus (Tor Books, 2000) Template:ISBN
- Lady of Mazes (prequel to Ventus) (Tor Books, 2005) Template:ISBN
Virga
- Sun of Suns (Tor Books, 2006.) Template:ISBN
- Queen of Candesce (Tor Books, 2007.) Template:ISBN
- Pirate Sun (Tor Books, 2008.) Template:ISBN
- The Sunless Countries (Tor Books, 2009.) Template:ISBN
- Ashes of Candesce (Tor Books, 2012.) Template:ISBN
References
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External links
- Official site - including Creative Commons-licensed text of some of his works
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- Permanence - An Adaptationist Solution to Fermi's Paradox? by Milan M. Cirkovic
- Adaptationism Fails to Resolve Fermi’s Paradox, Serbian Astronomical Journal, Vol. 170, pp. 89-100 (2005), by Milan Cirkovic with Ivana Dragicevic and Tanja Beric-Bjedov.
- Interview with Karl Schroeder - small WORLD Podcast 2006
- Video of Karl Schroeder on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, "Are We Bound for Space?" panel discussion with Chris Hadfield, Donna Shirley, Lawrence Krauss and Robert D. Richards
- Audio of Karl Schroeder, "The Rewilding: A Metaphor" presentation at the O'Reilly Media Open Source Conference.
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- Canadian science fiction writers
- Mennonite writers
- Writers from Brandon, Manitoba
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- Creative Commons-licensed authors
- Canadian male novelists
- Canadian futurologists
- OCAD University alumni
- Canadian Mennonites
- Aurora Award–winning writers