2012

Hegira by Greg Bear (Italian edition)

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The novel “Hegira” by Greg Bear was published for the first time in 1979 and revised for a new edition in 1987. Hegira is a planet with a diameter six times the Earth. Its inhabitants can read the history and culture of the Firstborn on one thousand kilometers tall obelisks but chronologically theose information go from the bottom up so people can reach only the oldest part of the Earth’s history on the first few miles.

Doctor Who - The Time Monster

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“The Time Monster” is an adventure of the ninth season of “Doctor Who” classic series which aired in 1972 with the Third Doctor and Jo Grant. It’s a six parts adventure written by Robert Sloman and directed by Paul Bernard.

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The year started well for space missions because on December 31, 2011 and January 1, 2012 the two twin spacecraft that make up the GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) mission launched last September entered lunar orbit about twenty-four hours away from each other.