Karl Schroeder was born to a in Brandon Manitoba. His family is part of a Mennonite community that has lived in southern Manitoba for over one hundred years. Karl moved to Toronto to pursue a writing career. His novel Permanence won the 2003 Aurora Award for best Canadian SF novel. Karl is married with a daughter and he divides his time between writing fiction and consulting - chiefly in the area of Foresight Studies and technology.
"Delightful and engaging, both intellectually and viscerally: a
superb achievement."
-- Kirkus on Ventus (starred review)"With its 10 powerful short
stories, The Engine of Recall serves as an ideal introduction to
the talents of Toronto science fiction writer Karl Schroeder. While
his novels have met with considerable success (Permanence was
awarded the Aurora Award and his first novel, Ventus, was named a
New York Times Notable Book), his shorter works have not been
collected prior to this volume, edited by Robert J. Sawyer for his
eponymous imprint. . . . . . The disparate stories are united by
the keen edge of Schroeder's writing and the fundamental humanism
at the stories' core. Schroeder writes with a terse economy of
language, a precision that one expects from the genre but rarely
encounters. Few words are wasted, and the language underscores the
close attention to characterization."
-- Quill & Quire
"Delightful and engaging, both intellectually and viscerally: a
superb achievement."
-- "Kirkus on Ventus" (starred review)"With its 10 powerful short
stories, "The Engine of Recall" serves as an ideal introduction to
the talents of Toronto science fiction writer Karl Schroeder. While
his novels have met with considerable success (Permanence was
awarded the Aurora Award and his first novel, Ventus, was named a
New York Times Notable Book), his shorter works have not been
collected prior to this volume, edited by Robert J. Sawyer for his
eponymous imprint. . .
. . . The disparate stories are united by the keen edge of
Schroeder's writing and the fundamental humanism at the stories'
core. Schroeder writes with a terse economy of language, a
precision that one expects from the genre but rarely encounters.
Few words are wasted, and the language underscores the close
attention to characterization."
-- "Quill & Quire"
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