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
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Giant End of Week Starlinks

December 4th, 2009

It was the last week of classes, and the time and energy for a lot of blogging hasn’t quite been there this week. Lots of ideas, not much follow through. Should pick up now, however. I have a bunch of links and some small bits of news to share.

There are some plans for a free Star Dragon audiobook.

Once upon a time I was a member of a writing group in Austin, the Slug Tribe, which produced quite a few writers selling professional novels. One of the current members has made an amazon.com list of Slug Tribe publications.

Help science, win money, if you see a red balloon Sat. Dec. 5th.

Galaxy Zoo needs your help classifying galaxy mergers.

Dan Simmons biology is not perfect in at least one of his novels. Guess I am not the only scientist who gets picky about the science in science fiction.

Evidence of life on mars, based on the martian meteorites, gets a big boost.

There’s been a lot written recently about the “scandal” involving the stolen emails from climatologists. Want my take? Have a look at what Phil Plait says on his blog. And Phil also has a nice post about a new, supercool picture of our galaxy.

Super Earths superior at fostering life? Krypton maybe?

Remember those Hostess Pastries ads they ran in comic books about 30 years ago? I do. Stupid then, hilarious now.

Cheesy book covers. Some laughers for sure.

Citizen astronomy? Maybe…

OK, some more original stuff to come…

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