Science Fiction by Scientists

Mike Brotherton is a professor of astronomy from the University of Wyoming who specializes in observational studies of quasars, enigmatic objects powered by supermassive black holes. He is also the author of the well-reviewed hard science fiction novels Star Dragon and Spider Star from Tor books, and founder of the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers. He is a member of the advisory board of Springer's Science Fiction book series.

• Mike Brotherton "Introduction".-  Ken Wharton "Down and Out".- Jennifer Rohn "Tree of Life".-  Andy Fraknoi : "Supernova Rhythm".-  Ed Lerner "Turing de Force".- Tedd Roberts "Neural Alchemist"; Jed Brody "Hidden Variables".- Marissa Lingen "Upside the Head".- J. Craig Wheeler "Betelgeuse".- Stephanie Osborn "Sticks and Stones".-  Jon Richards "One for the Conspiracy Theorists".-  Carl Frederick "The Schrödinger Brat Paradox ".- Eric Choi "Fixer Upper".- Les Johnson "Spreading the Seed".- J. M. Sidorova "The Gatherer of Sorrows".

"There are a total of fourteen, and each has a very useful afterword by the author explaining the background to his or her thinking. This is certainly a book that can be recommended." (Odyssey, Issue 46, March, 2017)