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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Jurassic Crichton

July 24th, 2008

The post I did a few weeks back about Michael Crichton and his funny relationships with science and science fiction has, like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, been resurrected from the dead. Sometimes I’m on top of things and notice when my posts get picked up elsewhere, other times I’m busy and it takes a while. I think it’s cool to get recycled at places with more readers as long as I get credited, even if it takes me a few days to notice.

Interesting recycle and discussion over at io9: Michael Crichton: Evil or Just a Crazy Luddite?

Phil Plat at Bad Astronomy has also just responded: Brotherton on Crichton

Now I eagerly await my terrible fate in Crichton’s next book. Since one critic already took the child molester spot, I suppose the worst I can get is criminally insane serial killer, which isn’t so uncool after the Joker and Hannibal Lecter.

You know though, I can’t fault Crichton too much. It shows he does care what others think. It must be difficult to take the kind of criticism he does. I mean, he deserves it for sure, but your average writer only has to deal with a handful of reviews. Crichton, on the other hand, can quickly and easily find new scathing responses to him and his work on a daily basis, thanks to the genie of the internet that science has unleashed. Maybe I’d be a Luddite, too.

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