Karl Schroeder

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 2000
  • Latest Book:
    June 2019
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Full Series List in Order

Virga

1 - Sun of Suns (Oct-2006)
2 - Queen of Candesce (Sep-2007)
3 - Pirate Sun (Aug-2008)
4 - The Sunless Countries (Aug-2009)
5 - Cities of the Air (Jul-2010)
6 - Ashes of Candesce (Feb-2012)

Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Ventus

    After terrifying and titanic struggles, a godlike Artificial Intelligence gone rogue has finally been destroyed. But not before it scattered seeds of itself throughout the galaxy. On the terraformed planet Ventus, benign Als--the godlike Winds--wh...

  • Permanence

    Young Rue Cassels of the Cycler Compact--a civilization based around remote brown dwarf stars--is running from her bullying brother, who has threatened to sell her into slavery. Fleeing in a shuttle spacecraft from the sparsely populated and austere ...

  • The Engine of Recall

    Aurora Award Nominee, 2006

    Gathered here for the first time are the finest science-fiction stories, including the previously unpublished novelette "Alexander's Road," by the award-winning Karl Schroeder. The Engine of Recall tales are of ...

  • Lady of Mazes

    Author and professional futurist Karl Schroeder, whose novels Ventus and Permanence have established him as a groundbreaking visionary in hard science fiction, extends his imagination into Larry Niven territory, returning to the same distant future i...

  • Sun of Suns

    Virga - 1

    It is the distant future. The world known as Virga is a fullerene balloon three thousand kilometers in diameter, filled with air, water, and aimlessly floating chunks of rock. The humans who live in this vast environment must build their own fusion s...

  • Queen of Candesce

    Virga - 2

    Venera Fanning was last seen falling into nothingness at the end of Sun of Suns. Now, in Queen of Candesce, Venera finds herself plunging through the air among the artificial worlds of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive...

  • Pirate Sun

    Virga - 3

    Return to Virga, a bubble universe artificially separated from our own future universe, and the setting of Sun of Suns and Queen of Candesce. Chaison Fanning, the admiral of a fleet of warships, has been captured and imprisoned by his enemies, bu...

  • The Sunless Countries

    Virga - 4

    In an ocean of weightless air where sunlight has never been seen, only the running lights of the city of Sere glitter in the dark. One woman, Leal Hieronyma Maspeth, history tutor and dreamer, lives and dreams of love among the gaslit streets and caf...

  • "To Hie from Far Cilenia"

    in Metatropolis

    Five original tales set in a shared urban future―from some of the hottest young writers in modern SF

    More than an anthology, Metatropolis is the brainchild of five of science fiction's hottest writers―Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Jay ...



  • Cities of the Air

    Virga - 5

    It is the distant future. The world known as Virga is a fullerene balloon three thousand kilometers in diameter, filled with air, water, and floating chunks of rock. The humans who live in this vast environment must build their own fusion suns and to...

  • Ashes of Candesce

    Virga - 6

    A world of endless sky, with no land, no gravity: this is Virga. Beginning in the seminal science fiction novel Sun of Suns, the saga of this striking world has introduced us to the people of stubborn pride and resilience who have made Virga their h...

  • Jubilee

    "Jubilee" is a new story by Karl Schroeder. His new novel, Lockstep, will be published in March 2014.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied....

  • Lockstep

    When seventeen-year-old Toby McGonigal finds himself lost in space, separated from his family, he expects his next drift into cold sleep to be his last. After all, the planet he’s orbiting is frozen and sunless, and the cities are dead. But when To...

  • The Million

    Futurist and award-winning author Karl Schroeder imagines infiltrating the elite of a marginal society in THE MILLION. Every thirty years, ten billion visitors overrun Earth during one month of madness: partying, polluting, and brawling. In betwee...

  • Stealing Worlds

    From Karl Schroeder, author of Lockstep, comes the near-future, science fiction, hacker’s heist, Stealing Worlds.The Verge -- New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Check Out in JuneSura Neelin is on the run from her creditors, from her past, and...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Karl Schroeder has published 15 books.

Karl Schroeder does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Stealing Worlds, was published in June 2019.

The first book by Karl Schroeder, Ventus, was published in December 2000.

Yes. Karl Schroeder has 1 series.
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