February 8, 2011

The great basketball and water polo champion Cesare Rubini died last night because of complications from pneumonia. With the death of Cesare Rubini we lose one of the greatest men in Italian sports: if basketball in Italy could develop it’s also a credit to his passion and his skills.

Galaxy Blues by Allen Steele

In the novel “Galaxy Blues” by Allen Steele published for the first time in 2007 Jules Truffaut is a former Union Astronautica officer who was kicked out for having helped his brother to cheat the academy final exams. Left with no prospect he decides to travel to the planet Coyote as a stowaway on a spaceship, but he’s discovered during the journey and ends in prison.