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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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"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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Real Science in Movies? Dustin Hoffman, Hero for Real…
March 30th, 2009
He wouldn’t have been the person I’d predicted to do this, but I am thrilled:
THE actor Dustin Hoffman is to spearhead an initiative to put real science into Hollywood science-fiction blockbusters.
Hoffman, whose fortunes in sci-fi have ranged from the critically praised realism of Outbreak to the mocked killer squids of Sphere, will host events at which scientists and directors will meet to “get it right”.
complete article at:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25261064-2703,00.html
This is an effort associated with the Science and Entertainment Exchange, which I have linked to in the past.
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Are screen writers, producers and directors eligible for Launch Pad? If Zack Snyder had attended, he might have done better with the Martian moons.
Absolutely! Most of them don’t seem too interested so far, but maybe that will change in the future after Dustin Hoffman has browbeat them.
the martian moons were really annoying to anyone with the minimum knowledge of astronomy.
worst than Watchmen Martian Moons was DOOM 1… dont know if anyone played the games back in 93-94… but the first two episodes are set in Phobos and Deimos… complete with atmospheres and even terraformed forested mountains on Phobos!
here, an image of Phobos
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Doom_ingame_1.png
at least, in Doom 3, theyve set the whole game at Mars, and the planet is very well realized there.