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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
Caturday Tuna Mana
June 21st, 2008
I was talking to a friend of mine at work a few days ago, and mentioned that I had a cat.
“Oh yes, that’s right!” he said, with some excitement. “I have some cat food I’d like to give you.”
That seemed like a strange thing to offer out of the blue. “Okay,” I said slowly, wondering why Sita was getting free food dropped on her.
He explained. “I thought they were just little cans of meat, which were on sale at a very good price. I bought a whole bunch, they were so cheap. I ate some and it’s good, like tuna, you know? But my friend told me it was cat food, so now I don’t want it. Sheba, it’s called.”
“Thanks,” I said. “Sita will be happy.”
Sheba?
Didn’t know it was cat food? Now, it wasn’t my Chinese friend who might have thought it was literally “cat food” the way that hamburger is a “beef food,” but I guess I shouldn’t complain. Sita will enjoy the wet food treats while they last (usually she gets a little Fancy Feast but never had Sheba) in addition to her staple of Science Diet. Yes, the scientist buys Science Diet for his cat. She likes it.
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June 21st, 2008 at 11:59 pm
My furkids like the science diet too.. when they had the recall I got Sheba because it’s made of basic ingredients and thankfully because of that wasn’t on the recall list. (I don’t think the Science Diet was on the list either but I was really careful)
Not sure how your co-worker could have not seen it’s for cats, but I guess it didn’t do them too much harm?
Hope Sita likes it better. My Kiki likes the gravy more than the meat in there. =)
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:31 pm
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