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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"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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The Plot Synopsis Project

March 18th, 2008

A bunch of us over at sfnovelists.com decided to share our experience with selling synopses. A novel synopsis is a short document that describes a book well enough and completely enough that an editor can decide if it’s a book they’d be interested in buying (either to then buy under contract from an established pro or to request or start reading the submitted manuscript). So on Tuesday, March 18th, you should find professional and selling synopses for science fiction/fantasy novels here and on the pages below.

Links updated.

http://pbray.livejournal.com/169118.html

http://desperance.livejournal.com/254192.html

http://www.mikebrotherton.com/?p=427

http://scbutler.livejournal.com/23177.html

http://davidbcoe.livejournal.com/29443.html

http://jennifer_dunne.livejournal.com/244403.html

http://sleigh.livejournal.com/187253.html

http://difrancis.livejournal.com/160512.html

http://frostokovich.livejournal.com/19384.html

http://jimhines.livejournal.com/355241.html

http://www.jackiekessler.com/blog/2008/03/18/the-plot-synopsis-project/#more-178

http://mindyklasky.livejournal.com/135970.html

http://madkestrel.livejournal.com/64716.html

http://mizkit.livejournal.com/339428.html

http://naominovik.livejournal.com/34610.html

http://jpsorrow.livejournal.com/143076.html

http://smokingpigeon.livejournal.com/15208.html

http://msagara.livejournal.com/37498.html

http://ladnews.livejournal.com/78590.html

Additional Authors:

Kelly McCullough:

http://wyrdsmiths.blogspot.com/2008/03/webmage-synopsis.htm

There’s also a book available that has other samples of plot synopses in it. It’s called I Have This Nifty Idea: Now What Do I Do With It? [Amazon; Mysterious Galaxy], edited by Mike Resnick. Check it out for more samples!

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