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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...
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"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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Wyoming Observatory Reopening!
July 7th, 2012
Cool, rainy weather this week has helped firefighting efforts and the Squirrel Creek Fire is enough under control, at least near Jelm Mountain, that we will resume operations in the next few days. We have some evacuated equipment to reinstall, and need to wait a couple of days on the weather that is still rainy to clear up, but then we’ll be back to observing quasars! 
Given the relatively poor weather, we didn’t lose much time to the fire in the end. The project will hopefully be able to get results despite the gap in our light curves (brightness vs. time).
I think I’ve had a lot of anxiety this week about the observatory and the current project, which a lot of people are contributing to, and can set some of it aside.
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Glad to hear you’re back in business, man.
And you should be glad we’ll be able to visit WIRO during Launch Pad!
Fantastic news!