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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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7 Awesome Super Powers Ruined by Science
April 30th, 2009
Not my list, unfortunately, but Cracked’s list.
They have flight, super strength, super speed, telepathy, invisibility, super senses, and immortality.
That’s a pretty good list of basic powers, although “immortality” seems to be in a different class to me (traditionally Claire in Heroes is good at escaping by jumping off buildings, ouch).
It’s a pretty interesting and funny article, but I have some criticisms. Most of the powers don’t require science to be ruined. Common sense and reason alone will do that. Kind of abusing the word science. Having said that, science does ruin super strength, super speed, and invisibility. The other powers merely suffer from control issues (senses, telepathy), engineering (flight — add a visor for god’s sake, and avoid bug in your teeth!), or the evolution of our sun and universe (immortality).
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