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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
An Exceptional Fantasy Novel: The Name of the Wind
October 27th, 2009
OK, I’m a hard science fiction guy, and read more sf than fantasy. I like to read fantasy on occasion and I wanted to share one I am really loving in a way that I haven’t loved a fantasy in a long time: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It started a bit slow and didn’t feel quite polished to me at the start, and then the story locked in and I have had a hard time putting it down. I wake up and want to immediately resume reading. I don’t want to give away too much about it, but just wanted to recommend it as one of the best fantasies I’ve read in years.
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October 31st, 2009 at 1:05 am
I’m more of a hard SF guy too, but my wife is a fan of “The Name of the Wind” and moments before reading your blog post, she read me a bit from Patrick Rothfuss’ post: http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/blog/2009/10/everyone-hates-their-job-sometimes.html
Maybe it was the timing…
October 31st, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Pat’s post is so true, for better or worse…
March 26th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
I am not good at writing, but I like this post on fantasy.