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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
Sneak Preview of Life on Mars (videos)
October 3rd, 2008
There’s a new show starting on ABC next week (Thursday Oct. 9, at 10/9pm central) that I want to watch and I can’t because I’m in Brazil and I didn’t get my slingbox working before I left home. It’s called “Life on Mars” but it’s sort of a time travel thing rather than having anything to do with Mars.
Now, regular readers probably think I hate most time travel stories. And while I do hate many of them, a few are among my favorites. Ken Grimwood’s Replay is brilliant, as is Groundhog Day. This show promises to be a little like those. Described as Lost meets NYPD Blue, we have a police detective in New York who gets launched back into an alternative life in 1973:
Here’s a more detailed, longer intro:
Now, the best reason to watch the show, aside from the 1973 wocka-wocka music or the nostalgia about life before computers and the internet. Harvey Keitel as an old-school cop who doesn’t play by the rules. It’s sort of a cliche, but, hey, it’s the ur-cliche with Harvey Keitel!
Very promising…check it out.
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October 3rd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Looks good!! I am excited to tune-in to this one with the cast they have. Should be very cool!
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
It’s also a rip off of a UK TV series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(TV_series)
Wasn’t too bad IMO
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 pm
The UK series was quite good, even if the second season overplayed the IS IT REAL OR JUST A COMA DREAM angle. The dynamic between Gene Hunt and Sam Tyler was brilliant.
October 4th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I was vaguely aware it was a remake of a UK series, but I’ve never seen the UK version. Presumably the UK version was set in London rather than New York?
October 4th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
The BBC America version is great! Tomorrow the 5th their having a marathon:
http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/122/about.jsp
but you aren’t anywhere near BBC America I gather from your post? If you have an opportunity to watch it in the future do so!
I”m loooking forward to catching the US version but even with Harvey Keitel I’m having my doubts. American TV just doesn’t seem to catch the nuances of the characters or storylines.
Best wishes wherever you are.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:14 am
@ Mike
No it was set in Manchester. Same time period.
They did a sequel, Ashes to Ashes, about a female psychologist from the present day sent back to the early 1980s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes_to_Ashes_(TV_series)