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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A New Spider Star Cover
January 12th, 2012
Working from the feedback and mock-ups from a couple of weeks ago…I’ve got one cover I’m mostly happy with:
Thanks for the helpful feedback, especially about the fonts. I tried to make the letters here a little nebulous and fit in with the background more explicitly. I could perhaps do better yet, but it’s in the right direct and I don’t have forever. And the Science Fiction Book Club is not the most quotable source for a blurb, but I thought the quote hit my target audience well.
Star Dragon coming up.
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January 12th, 2012 at 7:04 pm
looks great Mike!
January 13th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
I would totally read that book.
(Oh, wait, already have.)
January 14th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
Actually not quite final…getting some help from a friend who is a graphic designer to make some improvements.