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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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"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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It’s Cold Here Starlinks

December 9th, 2009

I’m still fighting off this stupid cold. I usually feel pretty good during the day, then in the evening get much worse. Oh, well. It’s only a cold…I’m sure shoveling snow in sub-zero weather this morning didn’t help. Anyway, onward!

I want to punch this asshole Gary Sutton in his grinning face over his essay about why climatologists “get it wrong.” Oh, boy, another right winger going to tell scientists why they’re doing science “wrong.” Well, I want to tell this dick why he’s wrong, except he’ll just grin and not care. I’ll say a few words anyway. He’s dredging up the 1970s media hype about global cooling to say that scientists today must be wrong about global warming. Do I need to explain the logical fallacy? This is so stupid I can’t believe this guy can show his face even in a mirror without being laughed at. Then there’s a bit of that same self-revealing reasoning about how scientists must be saying this to get grants. Sheesh, like oil companies wouldn’t pay them double what they get from the government for coming up with a different answer. Stupid is as stupid does, I guess.

Apparently no one told the Earth it’s wrong. 2009 on track to be 5th warmest on record. Well, not here in Wyoming this month, but whatever. I’m not stupid enough to confuse a global annual average with my driveway this morning. But apparently a lot of people are. Man.

And here’s a cogent response to some of the “climategate” hacked emails non-conspiracy for those still interested:

Time magazine can only ask if climategate has been overblown, rather than saying clearly and correctly that climategate has been overblown. Stupid media.

And how about economists? Yes, let’s just do some geo-engineering to solve our climate problems rather than do anything simpler and safer but more expensive.

OK, let’s switch to Tiger Woods…I mean, Tiger Woods and physics. Apparently the fact that this rich, famous sports figure, who isn’t exactly one to emulate in other respects, reads physics books, means that people are buying his physics book. A hint to companies: don’t drop him as a product endorser! The public just doesn’t care, apparently. I should just send copies of my novels to whatever celebrity I think is going to fuck up next, or hire someone to plant them after the fact. This world makes no sense sometimes.

Now, this makes sense to me. Mickey Rourke, 57, who will play the Russian villain Whiplash in the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie, get engaged to a smoking hot Russian model, 24. The article sensibly chides Mickey, twice divorced, about making another mistake. So again, the world makes no sense. I don’t think the person who wrote the article is getting kinky with super hot 24-year-old models, especially while looking like his face is made of mashed potatoes. And more importantly, will Iron Man 2 suck?

On the issue of sequels, Spike TV has a list of ten movies, most of them science fiction, that were better than the first film. Nice list.

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