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Karl Schroeder

Karl Schroeder

Schroeder, Karl

September 4, 1962 (age 63)

Birth place: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

81 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
April 1992 69 Short Fiction Hopscotch On Spec, Spring 1992
April 1993 4 Short Fiction Solitaire Figment: Tales from the Imagination, Spring 1993
June 1993 34 Short Fiction The Cold Convergence Figment: Tales from the Imagination, Summer 1993
August 1993 41 Essay On the Record: 'Merry Christmas, You Ungrateful Bastards' or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Write 'The Toy Mill' On Spec, Fall 1993
February 1994 9 Short Fiction Making Ghosts On Spec, Spring 1994
September 1997 4 Short Fiction The Engine of Recall Aboriginal Science Fiction, Winter 1997
February 1998 61 Review The Claus Effect Locus, #445 February 1998
October 1998 54|54.04 Review The Claus Effect Science Fiction Chronicle, #199 Oct-November 1998
January 2001 23 Review Ventus Locus, #480 January 2001
March 2001 25 Review Ventus Locus, #482 March 2001
April 2001 59 Review Ventus Interzone, April 2001
June 2001 133 Review Ventus Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2001
July 2001 32 Review Ventus Vector 218
March 2002 136 Review Ventus Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
May 2002 23 Review Permanence Locus, #496 May 2002
June 2002 31 Review Permanence Locus, #497 June 2002
August 2002 36 Review Permanence Science Fiction Chronicle, #227 August 2002
September 2002 62 Review Permanence Interzone, September 2002
September 2002 22 Review Ventus The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2002
November 2002 18 Review Permanence The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2002
December 2002 29 Interview Interview with Karl Schroeder Challenging Destiny, December 2002
December 2002 132 Review Permanence Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2002
March 2003 129 Review Permanence Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2003
May 2003 76 Interview Karl Schroeder: Crocodiles Locus, #508 May 2003
June 2003 83 Essay Letter (Locus #509) Locus, #509 June 2003
March 2005 21 Review Lady of Mazes Locus, #530 March 2005
October 2005 135 Review Lady of Mazes Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2005
October 2005 30 Review Lady of Mazes SFRA Review #274
November 2005 8 Serial Sun of Suns (Part 1 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2005
December 2005 100 Serial Sun of Suns (Part 2 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2005
January 2006 180 Serial Sun of Suns (Part 3 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2006
March 2006 Review Lady of Mazes Strange Horizons, 27 March 2006
March 2006 92 Serial Sun of Suns (Part 4 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2006
September 2006 141 Review The Engine of Recall Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2006
December 2006 23 Review Sun of Suns Locus, #551 December 2006
2007 106 Review Sun of Suns Foundation, #99 Spring 2007
January 2007 26 Review Sun of Suns SFRA Review #279
January 2007 31 Review Sun of Suns Vector 250
March 2007 10 Serial Queen of Candesce (Part 1 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2007
April 2007 92 Serial Queen of Candesce (Part 2 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2007
May 2007 96 Serial Queen of Candesce (Part 3 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2007
June 2007 23 Review Queen of Candesce Locus, #557 June 2007
June 2007 94 Serial Queen of Candesce (Part 4 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2007
December 2007 61 Review Queen of Candesce Interzone, December 2007
2008 25 Review Pirate Sun SFRA Review #285
2008 25 Review Queen of Candesce SFRA Review #285
2008 92 Review Queen of Candesce Foundation, #102 Spring 2008
February 2008 32 Essay Philip José Farmer Locus, #565 February 2008
February 2008 23 Review Queen of Candesce: Book Two of Virga The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2008
February 2008 22 Review Sun of Suns: Book One of Virga The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2008
June 2008 23 Review Pirate Sun Locus, #569 June 2008
August 2008 12 Review Pirate Sun The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2008
August 2008 7 Interview Singular Interviews: Karl Schroeder The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2008
October 2008 17 Essay Read This (NYRSF, October 2008) The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2008
April 2009 104 Review Pirate Sun Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2009
August 2009 25 Review The Sunless Countries Locus, #583 August 2009
January 2010 182 Review The Sunless Countries Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2010
April 2012 21 Review Ashes of Candesce Locus, #615 April 2012
May 2013 |5 Short Fiction Mitigation StarShipSofa, No 290
December 2013 8 Serial Lockstep (Part 1 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2013
January 2014 132 Serial Lockstep (Part 2 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2014
February 2014 75 Short Fiction Jubilee Tor.com, February 26, 2014
February 2014 11 Review Lockstep The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2014
March 2014 21 Review Lockstep Locus, #638 March 2014
March 2014 70 Serial Lockstep (Part 3 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2014
April 2014 Review Lockstep Strange Horizons, 21 April 2014
April 2014 62 Serial Lockstep (Part 4 of 4) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2014
May 2014 22 Essay Lockstep: A Possible Galactic Empire Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2014
July 2014 |14 Interview Interview: Karl Schroeder Lightspeed, July 2014
January 2015 67 Short Fiction Laika's Ghost Clarkesworld Magazine, January 2015
August 2015 109 Interview Writing for Video Games: A Conversation with E. Lily Yu, Yoon Ha Lee, Robert Reed, Seth Dickinson, and Karl Schroeder Clarkesworld, August 2015
August 2016 |4 Short Fiction Kheldyu Forever, Issue 19
July 2018 |5 Short Fiction Eminence Forever, July 2018
July 2018 20|20.2 Review The Million Locus, #690 July 2018
September 2018 80 Short Fiction Noon in the Antilibrary MIT Technology Review, September/October 2018
March 2019 Short Fiction The Dragon of Pripyat Forever, March 2019
October 2019 19|19.1 Review Stealing Worlds Locus, #705 October 2019
November 2020 Short Fiction The Suicide of Our Troubles Slate, November 28, 2020
January 2022 55 Short Fiction The Hero Forever, January 2022
March 2024 34|34.2 Short Fiction Hijack IEEE Spectrum, March 2024
March 2025 2 Short Fiction Golden Ring Forever, March 2025

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1993 Prix Aurora Awards Best Short-Form Work in English / Meilleure nouvelle en anglais Hopscotch Nominee
1993 Prix Aurora Awards Best Short-Form Work in English / Meilleure nouvelle en anglais The Toy Mill Winner
2001 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Ventus Nominee
2003 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Permanence Nominee
2003 Prix Aurora Awards Best Long-Form Work in English / Meilleur livre en anglais Permanence Winner
2003 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Sunburst award for a Canadian novel in previous year. Permanence Nominee
2006 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Lady of Mazes Nominee
2006 Prix Aurora Awards Best Short-Form Work in English / Meilleure nouvelle en anglais Alexander's Road Nominee
2007 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Sun of Suns Nominee
2007 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Sun of Suns Nominee
2007 Prix Aurora Awards Best Long-Form Work in English / Meilleur livre en anglais Sun of Suns Nominee
2008 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Queen of Candesce Nominee
2009 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Pirate Sun Nominee
2010 Hugo Award Best Novel The Sunless Countries Nominee
2010 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Sunless Countries Nominee
2010 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Sunburst award for a Canadian novel in previous year. The Sunless Countries Nominee
2011 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Planet der Sonnen Nominee
2012 Hugo Award Best Novelette Laika's Ghost Nominee
2012 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Laika's Ghost Nominee
2013 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Ashes of Candesce Nominee
2014 Analog Award Best Fact Article Lockstep: A Possible Galactic Empire Winner
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Kheldyu Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Young Adult Book Lockstep Nominee
2015 Prix Aurora Awards Best YA Novel – English Lockstep Winner
2015 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Adult Lockstep Nominee
2019 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Short Story The Ravine Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Stealing Worlds Nominee
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