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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
Christmas Eve Starlinks
December 24th, 2009
A good but long list. Merry Christmas!
The 20 “most powerful” people in science fiction.
Sour grapes about the Nobel Prize in physics.
Remote-Controlled Enterprise. With video.
More video…a 70 minute review of The Phantom Menace. No shit. Worth a look.
Where to buy superhero supplies.
Last Night on Earth Gingerbread House. For Zombie lovers.
And the background of interstellar travel in Avatar. Cool detail…maybe I’ll critique this in detail in the future.
What if the Earth really did have rings?
Ten ways to traverse deep space.
Economists say, and some research indicates, scientists more productive and creative with long-term grants with no strings attached.
Obama wants new launcher and bigger NASA budget.
Sarah Palin continues to look like an idiot (climate change).
Ten science stories that changed the decade.
Terry Pratchet on religion. (Video)
The Known Universe, most scientifically accurate rendering, from the American Museum of Natural History. Very cool video:
Ten quirky science tricks for Christmas parties:
Who is the sexiest blue woman in the universe? My vote went to Shadow Lass.
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December 24th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Great links! And a very Merry Christmas, Mike! Won’t be the same without you this year.
December 24th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Well, I have Rodrigo visiting so there’s a little Porto Alegre in my home this year. And an Xbox, and Wii, and…well, just two guys by themselves in the Brokeback Mountain state with the gayest video games of all time.
December 28th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Great batch of Starlinks. I found the 20 most powerful people in science fiction article srange since only one SF author got listed. But I suppose the powerbase of SF shifted from books to media a long time ago. And evidently the definition of science fiction has changed if they can include Charlaine Harris’ vampire stories.
I wonder if Sarah Palin will ever see the light? I’m reading Stephen Baxter’s Flood - I wonder what Sarah would think of it?
And I didn’t know there had been so many blue women characters.
December 29th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Yes, I thought it was a great batch, too.
June 2nd, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Your post seemed pretty spot on but to be truthful I did not truly like Avatar very much. I mean everyone else I’ve met just adores it but me, who occurs to be a techie type of fan, just couldn’t get into it.