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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...
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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
The International Year of Starlinks
June 16th, 2009
Brian Malow has a cool video essay for TIME Magazine about Galileo and the International Year of Astronomy. Worth checking out. Funny and worthwhile.
Spider Star gets a local library staff recommendation. I love to hear about little things like that. They’re nice pick ups. And just a quick note here. If you’ve been waiting for the mass market paperback release, it’s being delayed due to the economy. A lot of the big chains have been passing on things they would normally buy, and the timing on the solicitation was pretty bad. So, we’re waiting…sorry. The hardback is still available online at amazon and other booksellers, and perhaps in your local library.
The Six Biggest Dick Moves in the History of Science, from Cracked.
Have a look at what could potentially be a scientifically viable warpship. I’m still pretty skeptical about these concepts, and worry about some related issues like causality and more.
Biology in Science Fiction on my Diamonds in the Sky anthology. Two, two, two sciences in one!
The movie 9 has a new site: The Scientist’s Lab. Looks kind of fun, so check it out.
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