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Karl Schroeder () (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and a professional 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. 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. 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.In October, 2011, Karl Schroeder was awarded a Master of Design degree in Strategic Foresight and Innovation from OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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, 2007 Aurora finalist, 2007 nomination for the John W. Campbell Memorial award 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.Selected bibliography Stand-alone The Claus Effect (with David Nickle). (Tesseract Books, 1997) ISBN 978-1-895836-35-6 Permanence (Tor Books, 2002.) ISBN 0-7653-0371-X Crisis in Zefra (Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts, National Defence Canada; 2005.) ISBN 978-0-662-40643-3 Lockstep (Tor Books, 2014.) ISBN 978-0-7653-3726-9Ventus Ventus (Tor Books, 2000) ISBN 978-0-312-87197-0 Lady of Mazes (prequel to Ventus) (Tor Books, 2005) ISBN 978-0-7653-5078-7Virga Sun of Suns (Tor Books, 2006.) ISBN 978-0765354532 Queen of Candesce (Tor Books, 2007.) ISBN 978-0765315441 Pirate Sun (Tor Books, 2008.) ISBN 978-0765315458 The Sunless Countries (Tor Books, 2009.) ISBN 978-0765320766 Ashes of Candesce (Tor Books, 2012.) ISBN 978-0765324924References External links Official site - including Creative Commons-licensed text of some of his works Karl Schroeder at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database 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.. Discover the Karl Schroeder popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Karl Schroeder books.

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