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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"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
Here are some photos my wife and I took at Dragoncon, only a small percentage of the photoworthy. It was pretty cool, and now I almost don’t want to try for Halloween now since my standards have been unrealistically elevated… Lots of other places on the net with more pictures. I saw Avengers aplenty, like: [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>io9 is sharing the good word about the 2-day version of Launch Pad I’m doing at Dragoncon with the headline: One Astronomy Workshop Where You Can Cosplay as Sailor Moon. Catchy headline, and true, and probably will hit a cross section of Dragoncon attendees interested in astronomy. I have to admit that Halloween is my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>It was super busy getting ready for Halloween and the wedding, and then superbusy trying to catch up on some things after that. I’ve finally got a few minutes to catch up and post a few photos. The punchline though is that Jean and I are now happily married! Thanks to everyone who came or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »>It continues to be super busy. Finally cleaned up the house, post-party, and am getting ready for my talk tomorrow (“Science in the Movies” at 4pm, Nov. 4, Laramie, UW, CR 133). I just uploaded some photos from the camera from the party. I always seem to be good about the first dozen visitors or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »>I’ve been totally swamped this week, primarily with my work as chair of a search committee for a new hire in astronomy here at Wyoming. I’ll write about that soon. Suffice to say, it was loads of work already, will be loads more work, but the applicant pool is very strong and I anticipate that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »>I finished a starlinks post a few minutes go and hit publish, and the stupid ass wordpress goes to the login screen, as I had been logged off at some point, and the post was lost. Damn it. I hate that kind of thing. And I made the mistake of closing my links as I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>If you like Wolverine and homemade costumes. Some are great, some suck, and some made me smile or even laugh out loud. There’s another life where I do costumes, special effects, and monster make-up for the movies. Sometimes I just love the internet. Take two minutes and have an awesome day. Share/Bookmark
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