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
I’ve been able to get funding from NASA and the National Science Foundation to support my efforts to educate and inspire through science fiction. One example is the anthology of astronomy-oriented short stories Diamonds in the Sky. Another is the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers, which is a one week crash course in the […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »>So there’s an inflammatory post on the physics preprint server blog with the headline Massive Miscalculation Makes LHC Safety Assurances Invalid. It’s based on a paper by Toby Ord and others titled “Probing the Improbable: Methodological Challenges for Risks with Low Probabilities and High Stakes.” Here is the abstract: Some risks have extremely high stakes. […]
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