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Karl Schroeder


Canada (b.1962)

Schroeder was born September 4, 1962 in Brandon Manitoba. His family are Mennonites, part of a community which has lived in southern Manitoba for over one hundred years.

He moved to Toronto in 1986 to pursue my writing career and married Janice Beitel in April 2001.
 


Genres: Science Fiction
 
Series
Virga
   1. Sun of Suns (2006)
   2. Queen of Candesce (2007)
   3. Pirate Sun (2008)
   4. The Sunless Countries (2009)
   5. Ashes of Candesce (2012)
   The Hero (2012)
   The Complete Virga Series (2018)
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Novels
   The Claus Effect (1997) (with David Nickle)
   Ventus (2000)
   Permanence (2002)
   Lady of Mazes (2005)
   Lockstep (2014)
   The Million (2018)
   Stealing Worlds (2019)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Book, Theatre, and Wheel (2012)
   Dawn (2012)
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Series contributed to
METAtropolis
   Metatropolis (2009) (with others)
   Cascadia (2010) (with others)
   Green Space (2013) (with others)
   Deodand (2014)
   The Desire Lines (2014)
   To Hie from Far Cilenia (2014)
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Books containing stories by Karl Schroeder
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 7 (2023)
(Best Science Fiction of the Year , book 7)
edited by
Neil Clarke
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The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 2 (2021)
(Year's Best Science Fiction )
edited by
Jonathan Strahan
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Make Shift (2021)
Dispatches from the Post-Pandemic Future
(Twelve Tomorrows)
edited by
Gideon Lichfield

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Awards
2003 Aurora Award for Best Novel : Permanence

Award nominations
2015 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Kheldyu
2012 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Laika's Ghost
2010 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Sunless Countries
2009 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Pirate Sun
2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Queen of Candesce
2007 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Sun of Suns
2007 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Sun of Suns
2007 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Sun of Suns
2006 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Lady of Mazes
2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Permanence
2001 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Ventus


Karl Schroeder recommends
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A Half-Built Garden (2022)
Ruthanna Emrys
"Emrys' fast-paced and fun story paints a picture of a future that's imaginable within our lifetimes. Hers is a unique and ultimately hopeful vision of the world we might bequeath to our grandchildren."
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Wilders (2017)
(Project Earth, book 1)
Brenda Cooper
"Wilders is a vision of future America that's by turns exhilarating and terrifying. With a heroine you can genuinely root for and a world that's an all-too-likely outcome of our generation's choices, Wilders is one of the best near-future adventures in years."
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The Promise of the Child (2015)
(Amaranthine Spectrum, book 1)
Tom Toner
"One of the most ambitious and epic-scale pieces of worldbuilding I’ve read."

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