Spider Star
The human colony on the planet Argo has long explored and exploited the technology left behind by an extinct alien race. But then an archaeology team accidentally activates a terrible weapon...
Read More.Praise for Star Dragon
"Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a voyage that is both fiercely credible and astonishingly imaginative. This is Science Fiction."
-- David Brin"Star Dragon is terrific fare, offering readers a fusion of hard science and grand adventure."
-- Locus Magazine"Star Dragon is steeped in cosmology, the physics of interstellar travel, exobiology, artificial intelligence, bioscience. Brotherton, author of many scientific articles in refereed journals, has written a dramatic, provocative, utterly convincing hard science sf novel that includes an ironic twist that fans will love."
-- Booklist starred review"Readers hungry for the thought-provoking extrapolation and rigorous technical detail of old-fashioned hard SF are sure to enjoy astronomer Brotherton's first novel."
-- Publishers Weekly"Mike Brotherton, himself a trained astrophysicist, combines the technical acuity and ingenuity of Robert Forward with the ironic, postmodern stance and style of M. John Harrison. In this, his debut novel, those twin talents unite to produce a work that is involving on any number of levels. It's just about all you could ask for in a hardcore SF adventure."
-- Paul di Fillippo, SCI-FI.COM
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Sunday Starlinks
November 28th, 2010
I decided to take it easy over Thanksgiving, to let some things slide a bit (including the stress levels and sleep deprivation from work), and unfortunately posting blog entries was one of those things. So, I missed a few Thanksgiving-related links being timely, but I’ll include them anyway.
John Scalzi on saying Thanksgiving the science fictional way.
Thanksgiving Physics. This was for Canadian Thanksgiving, but I think they have the same physics there.
I may do my own revised, stand-alone version in coming days, but here’s SFSignal’s Mind-Meld about Geek Gifts for the holidays, and I have my own contribution there. Some nice suggestions there.
The Royal Society’s Lost Women Scientists. A lot of astronomers discussed.
Oh, a really controversial list, I think. 10 Nerd Movies better than the Books they were Based on. Some good choices, and some I think that people won’t agree with the author about (e.g. Starship Troopers).
What’s in the sky in December: a meteor shower and a lunar eclipse.
A billion homes likely lost, and entire nations flooded, due to climate change. Surely not mine. I live at 7200 feet.
Sad news, fans of Airplane! and Forbidden Planet…Leslie Nielson dead. And stop calling me Shirley.
Anne R. Dick’s memoir about her ex-husband Philip K. Dick discussed at the New York Times.
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