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  • Laika's Ghost

    Stories by Karl Schroeder

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    Ukrainian nuclear engineer Gennady Malianov would rather camp in the ruins of Chornobyl or explore abandoned anthrax factories than talk to another human being. Painfully shy as he is, he finds it soothing dismantling the abandoned genocide-machines of the Cold War, but he inevitably encounters others who have come to the same remote places with more sinister aims. In these widely acclaimed ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Ventus

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    Ventus is a large-scale Hard SF adventure novel in the tradition of Larry Niven, Vernor Vinge, and Arthur C. Clarke. Karl Schroeder, a physicist and writer, is a winner of Canada's Aurora Award. His first novel was called the best first fantasy of the year by Science Fiction Chronicle, and now his first SF novel launches a major career in SF.Young Jordan Mason, on the terraformed planet Ventus, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Stealing Worlds

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    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 her father's murderers. She can't get a job, she can't get a place to live, she can't even walk down the street: the total surveillance s... ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Million

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    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 between, the world is ruled by the Million; the inheritors and custodians of all of humanity's wealth and history, they lead unimaginable lives of privilege and ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • Lady of Mazes

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    Series series Ventus
    "This is hard SF at its best. . . Schroeder belongs to a dynasty that includes Benford, Vinge and Egan." —Stephen BaxterAuthor 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 in which Ventus was set, but ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Virga: Cities of the Air

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    Series series Virga
    This edition includes the first two novels in the acclaimed space opera series: "Outrageously brilliant and absolutely not to be missed" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on Sun of Suns).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 ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Lockstep

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    Centuries of sleep bring a young space voyager into a strange future where he must confront his own tyrannical brother in this epic space opera.When seventeen-year-old Toby McGonigal finds himself lost in space, his next drift into cold sleep to be his last. After all, the planet he's orbiting is frozen and sunless, and dotted with dead cities. But when Toby wakes again, he's surprised to discover ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sun of Suns

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    Series Book 1 - Virga
    A young man seeks vengeance against the man who killed his parents in this action-packed science fiction thriller series opener.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 suns and "towns" that ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • The Complete Virga Series

    Sun of Suns, Queen of Candesce, Pirate Sun, Sunless Countries, Ashes of Candesce

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    Series series Virga
    The Complete Vigra Series discounted ebundle includes: Sun of Suns, Queen of Candesce, Pirate Sun, Sunless Countries, Ashes of CandesceFuturist Karl Schroeder groundbreaking space opera series envisions a world of endless sky, with no land, no gravity. This is Virga, a fullerene balloon universe three thousand kilometers in diameter. In this saga, we are given a rare and penetrating look into the ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Pirate Sun

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    Series Book 3 - Virga
    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, but is suddenly rescued and set free. He flees through the sky to his home city to confront the ruler who betrayed him. And perhaps even to regain his lovely ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three

    by Stephen Kotowych, Kelly Robson, Julie E. Czerneda, Tanya Huff, Karl Schroeder, Premee Mohamed, Cory Doctorow ...
    Series Book 3 - Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction
    “Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction belongs on every Canadian reader’s bookshelf.” - Amazing StoriesThe World Fantasy Award finalist and two-time Aurora Award-winning series is back with an all-new volume!Step into worlds of wonder with the definitive showcase of the best Canadian fantasy and science fiction of the year.Discover the magic woven by more than three dozen of Canada’s ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Queen of Candesce

    by Karl Schroeder ...
    Series Book 2 - Virga
    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 between the artificial continents of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive. Landing in the ancient nation of Spyre, Venera encounters new enemies and new friends (or at least convenient allies). She must quickly learn ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD