August 2015

The hitchhiking robot hitchBOT at an exhibition in Semptember 2014

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The story of the destruction of the hitchhiking robot hitchBOT (photo ©Archie) in Philadelphia spread quickly on the Internet. The story was peculiar because the protagonist was a robot but it seemed that its misfortune was the result of a vulgar act of vandalism, especially after a video of its destruction popped up on the Internet. Instead, the analysis of the video proves that it’s a fake so now the story turned into a mistery with two suspects.

Millennium by John Varley

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The novel “Millennium” by John Varley was published for the first time in 1983. It’s based on his 1977 short story “Air Raid”.

Bill Smith leads an investigation team charged with shedding light on a terrible plane crash in which a DC-10 and a 747 collided causing hundreds of deaths. Some strange details, an even stranger discovery in the debris and the encounter with a woman will reveal a disconcerting truth.

Louise Baltimore is the Chief of Snatch Team Operations that work from a distant future. Through the Gate, she and her team travel in the past to take people but only those who are about to die because they have to be very careful not to create paradoxes that may destroy history. Something unexpected happens and triggers a series of events that could cause a catastrophe.