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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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
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Starlinks for Monday June 30

June 30th, 2008

First, astronomical things you can see in the sky this month, especially if you live somewhere like I do in Wyoming.

An older article about how no child left behind also means no child pushed forward. Most of our innovations, productivity, and bright ideas come from the so-called “gifted” — at least the ones who make the effort to excel. It’s more likely they will make that effort when they’re pushed and given opportunities. It’s a larger problem to catch everyone and bring everyone up to a minimum standard, but it is also vitally important to push our best and our brightest.

We know Health Ledger portrays the Joker in the new Batman movie, but check out who will be the villain in the third installment. You’d think you could trust a police commissioner, wouldn’t you?

The possibility of quantum imaging arises, taking clear pictures through fog and such. I’m going to have to think more deeply about this one. I also want to write something about the possibility of eavesdropping on quantum communications, which I had though impossible, but is apparently not.

And via Matt Staggs, Ben Bova talks about the importance of writing every day. I don’t do it myself, going long stretches sometimes between projects. When I start a project, however, I do indeed make it a point to write every day. It’s the only way to finish big projects and to keep the ideas fresh and story cohesive.

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