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
So I guess I’m on a SETI kick right now as I’m reading Seth Shostak’s new book (which I will review soon). I was trying to think of all the books, movies, and TV shows that portrayed SETI in at least a somewhat realistic manner. I could not think of too many. When it comes […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 11 Comments »>It’s the time of the year when I start thinking about the schedule of activities for the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers. Most of the things we’ve done have been very popular and successful, but there was one controversial thing last year that I probably won’t repeat, at least not in the same form. […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 17 Comments »>Let me go on the record for finally appreciating that my super elite college prep high school didn’t have debate. I heard a rumor that it was because the headmaster didn’t think it appropriate for students to argue positions they didn’t believe in. Let me state this clearly for the record: Debate is a ridiculous […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »>I’ve been too busy, traveling, tired/jet lagged, and/or sick (fighting a little cold) to catch the Wolverine or Star Trek movies. I may well get to Star Trek today. I was planning to write a “science of” after watching it, but Phil Plait at badastronomy.com beat me to it. I’ll watch it and if I […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 16 Comments »>This new Mind Meld post is over at sfsignal.com, of course. Be encouraged to go read all the responses over there and leave comments. Here was my response: I haven’t watched a lot of recent TV shows, or seen every movie that’s come out. I’ll focus on some of the serious movies and TV shows […]
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