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’s the trailer: My wonderful wife, knowing nothing about the villain of the movie, insists that we eat Chinese tonight out at the Mandarin. Seriously! It amuses me… Share/Bookmark
Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »>OK, this is funny and awful at the some time, but it makes me think: what a wonderful world! Writer J.R. Ralls is running a kickstarter to make a low-budget film based on the Chick Tract “Dark Dungeon” about the dangers of playing D&D from a fundamentalist Christian perspective. It’s been compared to this generation’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>Enjoy! I did. Here’s the link to watch on youtube. Apparently there’s a bunch of these from a meeting, both with individual speakers (Lawrence Krauss, Brian Greene, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Tracy Day, and Neal Stephenson) and more general debate. This is the one I’ve gotten to watch so far, but I bet [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>I like to watch Bill Maher’s HBO show Real Time, and in the past I liked to watch his show Politically Incorrect. Now, despite usually enjoying the show, I have to admit he exploits a formula I don’t care for in most cases: putting up extreme ideologues and sparking conflict. The results are predictable yelling [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »>My wife and I have already purchased tickets for the 7pm show and I’m really looking forward to this. Looks like positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Also check out 11 Things You Must Know about the new Evil Dead. I did not know these things and I am glad I saw the article today. I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »>Hank Green of Scishow: I have grant proposals in, less likely to be funded now. One source of past Launchpad funding totally gone now, another much harder to get. Instead of oil subsidies, how about science and education investments? Share/Bookmark
Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »>I love this! It’s super dorky science fiction, and makes fun of ridiculous conspiracy theorists at the same time. Enjoy: On the other hand, I find this strangely convincing… Share/Bookmark
Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »>I still have two big deadlines looming Monday, and it’s been a pretty sad, sobering week in the news, so here’s a baby monkey: (Thanks Brian!) Share/Bookmark
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »>Todd Vandemark turned me on to this really excellent mini-documentary about how seeing the Earth from space affects astronauts: OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo. Share/Bookmark
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>I’ve got some internal funding to do some videos promoting the department with an idea toward graduate student recruiting. We’ll do some straightforward things like interviews with faculty and students, tours of the observatories, maybe some physics demos. We want to show what it’s like here in Wyoming and that we’re friendly and enthusiastic about [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »>A little horrific prank, Brazilian style…not speaking Portuguese won’t matter a bit. Now if only I could figure out how to do a version of this for Halloween, my life might be complete… I don’t believe in ghosts, but somehow I’m not sure I’d fare any better than these poor souls. Share/Bookmark
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>Busy, stressful week. Going to kick it Klingon Style this weekend though: Share/Bookmark
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