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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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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
Sunday Starlinks
March 22nd, 2009
Inside the Roddenberry Estate. Video. See the office and keepsakes of the Star Trek creator, and hear his son speak of the hope for more than tolerance in the future.
South Park does Watchmen. Video.
A new particle cometh. This is why experiments need to be done.
Creationist (heh) Master of Science (haha) degree (HAHAHAHAHA!)
Q&A about the James Webb Space Telescope (successor to Hubble)
Finding twin Earths is hard work! Maybe Bush missed his calling. He found the Presidency hard work, but had twin girls.
The Hal Jordan Head Injury Project.
Roger Ebert “geeks out” over The Knowing. Makes me want to see it.
Chris Mooney rips George Will a new one over his climate change lying. Man, you know, I could have respect for conservatives if they deserved it, and I often find myself thinking folks like George Will must be smart and respectable because so many people say so, but he isn’t either. He’s a political mouthpiece without a single original thought in his head, and also seems to lack the ability to reason. Seriously. If these are the reasons conservatives are skeptical about climate change, they’re idiots and need to fall on their bellies and grovel for forgiveness for their stupidity. The truth is that when you take away these arguments, they will seek different ones because they are not interested in the truth, just being contrary for its own sake, or for some business bias, not for anything else. The asshole should totally resign. I can’t believe millions read him and watch him on TV if this in the nonsense he spouts. It’s drivel, plain and simple. Lies, or mistakes. Either one. He’s evil, incompetent, or both, and an educated technological society can afford neither. Seriously, the man makes a lot of money repeating lies as if he had a brain and they were original thoughts. It’s disgusting. And he doesn’t even suck as much as a lot of others. Man.
Ok, this was supposed to be a quick late-night entry, but I got incensed. Sorry.
Cracked has 6 Supervillians who were actually okay guys. Hmm, maybe, maybe not. They were at least more morally ambiguous than the usual bank robber or murderer.
From Alom Saha via Brain Malow, Why is Science Important? 28 minute video.
Finally, saw this cool exhibit here in Porto Alegre, Brazil: The Human Body. I understand it has been in the U.S. before this. Yeah, the pictures there are the real thing.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 3:22 am
This Creationism stuff never ceases to amaze me. I’m not american, so I can’t say I fully understand the ramifications of the debate in the USA - but seen from the outside, it’s really hard to understand how the very same nation that managed to send people on the Moon, accomplishing the 20th century’s most impressive techical achievement, also harbours anti-science braindead fanatics of the worst kind.
March 23rd, 2009 at 5:24 am
well, Canada is getting the disease too. Have you guys heard about its Science Minister?
Minister won’t confirm belief in evolution
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090317.wgoodyear16/BNStory/National/home
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:30 am
Damn. What’s wrong with people ?…
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 am
Heads in the sand. Some people lack intellectual integrity and put irrational beliefs first, and for some reason a lot of people find that reasonable, so it happens in the public sphere like this.
Some people, conservatives especially, think that loyalty is more important than being right. This issue for them is about being loyal to their religion and its beliefs, no matter how ridiculous, and they see it as a virtue.
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:25 pm
fortunatelly, Brazil hasnt had anyone important preaching creationism yet (uh, in the last decades of course).
But I dont think that day is very far, considering the growing power of pentecostal evangelical churches in the country. (Rio already had a pentecostal bishop as governor)
Although the brazilian catholic church is idiotic in many matters (like in the raped 9 yr old girl case), it seems to accept evolution much better than pentecostal churches.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:54 am
[...] I’ve already recently blasted this moron for repeating lies and fallacious arguments about global warming issues. [...]