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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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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
The Hulk, Godzilla, and other Big Destructive Things
June 13th, 2008
Apparently the Hulk move is “an action-packed pleasure” according to CNN.com. That’s good, because we wouldn’t want to make anyone angry with a bad review, would we? I’m afraid of spoilers so I’m not reading reviews closely, but the reviews seem to be good.
John Scalzi, on the other hand, slams the original Godzilla movie and other sci-fi classics. His main point is that a lot of these older movies are awful (a debatable point in some cases, very true in others — I have to concede), but that the ideas are valued more than the delivery system.
William Gibson, however, is a fan of Godzilla. It isn’t clear if he’s more of a fan of the idea of Godzilla or the movies themselves.
The Hulk is big, Godzilla is bigger, but both would get wiped out by an asteroid impact. Calculate your own here. [Thanks, badastronomy.com.] This looks really, really handy for science fiction writers, by the way.
Finally, what’s bigger than the universe? And now it can be yours for vacation. An “Astro Retreat” will be opening in Switzerland soon, a place with a suite and your own personal observatory to play with.
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June 13th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
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