February 2014

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert A. Heinlein (Italian edition)

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The novel “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag” by Robert A. Heinlein was published for the first time in 1942 in the magazine “Unknown Worlds” under the pseudonym John Riverside.

Jonathan Hoag has no memory of what he does during the day. He found under his fingernails remains of a substance that could be dried blood but when he asks a doctor to check it he’s asked to leave and never be seen again. His last hope is to turn to Ted and Cynthia Randall, a couple of private investigators, so they follow him to find out what happens in the hours he can’t remember.

Eve Online home page

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In the last days, in the virtual universe of the game EVE Online the greatest space war in the history of the Internet was fought with over 7,500 people involved in what has been called the Bloodbath of B-R5RB. In the course of about 21 hours the level of destruction has reached levels never seen in an online game but the damages from this war are not all virtual. In fact, the cost in ISK, the virtual currency used in EVE Online, have a real equivalent whose official estimate is between $300,000 and $330,000.

Bill Mumy at the Phoenix Comicon in 2013

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Charles William Mumy, Jr. was born on February 1, 1954, in San Gabriel, California, USA. Bill Mumy is most famous as an actor and started doing it when he was just 6. He’s especially known for his roles in the TV shows “Lost in Space” and “Babylon 5”.