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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
Sunday Night Starlinks
September 28th, 2008
Why can’t science journalists just tell it like it is when it comes to particle physics? I’m a little torn on this one, although tending to agree with the case argued. Cutting edge physics is cool enough without shrouding it in mystery and pretending it’s a religion.
Falcon 1, a private space craft, makes it to space. Cool!
Dark flows in space. Interesting, and perhaps worth more discussion.
61 Nobel Laureates in science endorse Obama. Obama is pro-science, generally, and McCain’s VP pick and other anti-science pandering make this a no-brainer if science is your issue. Eight years of the Bush administration have made this issue more important given the damage done.
The best for last. Really cool XKCD webcomic of the observable universe. No, really, really cool. Check it out. Love, love, love it.
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