Karl Schroeder

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Karl Schroeder (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian author. He was born into the Mennonite community in Brandon, Manitoba, and now lives in Toronto with his wife and daughter.

An author of far-future science fiction, Schroeder claims to present novel philosophical speculations in his work. One of his concepts, known as "thalience" has gained modest currency in the artificial intelligence and computer networking communities. His novels Ventus (2000), its prequel Lady of Mazes (2005), and the unrelated Permanence (2002) present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality and interstellar travel. Permanance won the Aurora Award in 2003 for Best Novel in English. Schroeder also co-wrote The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction with Cory Doctorow.

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• Official site
• 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 Dragićević and Tanja Berić-Bjedov.
• Interview with Karl Schroeder - small WORLD Podcast 2006