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 was in the habit back in the 1990s of collecting quotes. I came across the file earlier today and thought I’d share. Quotes range from Einstein to Hemingway to the Tick and even Mariah Carey. I used some in my first novel. Enjoy! Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 10 Comments »>I’d intended to follow-up this month on last month’s entry on dark matter, and do something similar about dark energy. I will do that in the future, either here or on my own website, but I left it a little late (blame a friend of mine for distracting me, and she knows who she is). […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »>The Point by Mike Brotherton “Do you remember the day we met?” Her question filled his mind, ever so slowly, as his mind spanned several light seconds and their spatial overlap was not perfect. There was also an echo that indicated his photonic synapses were losing coherence faster than he had anticipated. The end was […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »>As an educator, scientist, and science fiction writer, I often look at things from several perspectives. During my years of workshopping stories, I noticed that some otherwise good stories got some strong, negative reactions for reasons that had nothing to do with the quality of the writing, characters, plot, or setting. It had to do […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »>First a couple of things before I get into the heart of the post. Today we had our first snow of the season. If you think it’s early, the last three years in Laramie it snowed before the first day of fall. I’m just hoping right now it slacks off and I don’t have to […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on What is great science fiction?>I finished reading Probability Sun by Nancy Kress on the Hawaii trip, and wanted to plug it here. Probability Sun won the John W. Campbell award for best science fiction novel a few years ago and it was well deserved. Set in the same universe as her award-winning story “The Flowers of Aulit Prison,” Probability […]
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