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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What’s Wrong with Science?

October 9th, 2008

There are strategies to succeed in science. Write a lot of simple, quick papers. Don’t gamble. Do conventional things. Be part of a team. A big team, with big names at the top.

These things don’t tend to advance the field too much, unfortunately.

We don’t see individual breakthroughs from young scientists too often anymore. The sociology is wrong. The problems are too big, or at least seem so.

Lee Smolin has an article about why we don’t have new Einsteins today. John Baez has some interesting comments on the topic.

Basically, it’s hard to figure out how to fund and give free rein to young smart hotshots and see if they pay off. I think there are plenty of problems left for individuals to figure out. But how can we as society give them the chance to do so?

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