# Carl Frederick

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{{short description|American novelist}}
{{For|others of this name|Carl Frederick (given name)}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name        = Carlton Frederick 
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|caption     = L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest
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|birth_place = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S.
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|known_for   =[Science Fiction Writing](/source/Science_Fiction_Writing)<br>Crypto-Stochastic Space-time theory<br>OMNIVAC 1 
|awards      = AnLab Award for Best Short Story<br>First place winner in the [Writers of the Future](/source/Writers_of_the_Future) contest<br>2000 graduate of the Odyssey Writers Workshop
|website     = {{URL|www.darkzoo.net}}
|field       = [Physics](/source/Physics)
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'''Carlton Frederick''', better known as '''Carl Frederick''', is an American science fiction author and physicist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.darkzoo.net/clfsite/Bio.htm |title=Bio |publisher=Darkzoo.net |access-date=2010-08-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210042837/http://www.darkzoo.net/clfsite/Bio.htm |archive-date=2010-12-10 }}</ref> His nonfiction book [est: Playing the Game the New Way](/source/Est%3A_Playing_the_Game) describing the Erhard Seminars Training (est) theatrical experience. reached number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list.<ref name="monbeck">{{cite journal  | last =Monbeck   | first =M. E.  | title =Est: playing the game* the new way (*the game of life) | journal =[Library Journal](/source/Library_Journal)  | volume =101  | page =1216  | date =May 15, 1976 |issn=0000-0027  }}</ref>

Carl Frederick trained as a [theoretical physicist](/source/theoretical_physicist), and after a post-doc at [NASA](/source/NASA) and a stint at [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University),{{cn|date=May 2023}} he left theoretical [astrophysics](/source/astrophysics) and quantum relativity theory in favor of [hi-tech](/source/hi-tech) industry. He is Chief Scientist of a small company developing [artificial intelligence](/source/artificial_intelligence) software. He lives in rural, [Ithaca, New York](/source/Ithaca%2C_New_York). He is predominately a short story [writer](/source/writer).

He has written short stories that have appeared in ''[Analog Science Fiction and Fact](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)'', ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'', ''[Asimov's Science Fiction](/source/Asimov's_Science_Fiction)'', ''[Flash Fiction Online](/source/Flash_Fiction_Online)'', ''[Jim Baen's Universe](/source/Jim_Baen's_Universe)'', ''Space and Time'', and other publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Carl_Frederick |title=Carl Frederick - Summary Bibliography |publisher=Isfdb.org |access-date=2010-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkzoo.net/clfsite/Fiction.htm |title=Fiction |publisher=Darkzoo.net |access-date=2010-08-26}}</ref> Frederick has been nominated for the Anlab, ''[Analog's](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)'' Reader's Choice Award, award six times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/AnLabNomList.html |title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: AnLab Poll Nominees List |publisher=Locusmag.com |access-date=2010-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527072558/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/AnLabNomList.html |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  He is a graduate of [Odyssey Writing Workshop](/source/Odyssey_Writing_Workshop) and a first-place winner of [Writers of the Future](/source/Writers_of_the_Future).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sff.net/odyssey/grads00.html |title=Odyssey '00 Graduates |publisher=Sff.net |date=2006-04-02 |access-date=2010-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.writersofthefuture.com/awards.htm |title=Writers of the Future Winners |date=2005-03-15 |access-date=2010-08-26 }}{{dead link |date=March 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.darkzoo.net/ Carl Frederick's Home Page]
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