May 2012

Bethesda Softworks, a publisher specializing in videogames owned by ZeniMax Media Inc. which also owns videogame producer id Software, announced that Doom 3 will be published this fall in the BFG Edition, a new commemorative edition of the entire legendary saga of Doom. This edition will in fact contain Doom, Doom ][, and Doom 3 and the Resurrection of Evil expansion pack with new 7 levels titled “The Lost Mission”.

Hal Clement in 1956

Harry Clement Stubbs, that’s his real name, was born on May 30, 1922 in Somerville, Massachusetts. Hal Clement wrote stories in which the scientific element was important but at the same time full of sense of wonder, creating alien environments such as the one of the planet Mesklin, definitely exotic yet very plausible. He started writing fiction at a time when contacts between humans and aliens were generally belligerent but in his stories they were usually friendly. He wasn’t a prolific writer but these qualities of his stories made him important in the history of science fiction.

Artist impression of the central core of dish antennas of the SKA (Image SKA Project Development Office and Swinburne Astronomy Productions)

The members of the organization responsible for the project SKA (Square Kilometer Array) have decided that this futuristic radio telescope will be built on two different sites in South Africa and Australia plus New Zealand.

The Woodrow Wilson Dime by Jack Finney

The novel “The Woodrow Wilson Dime” by Jack Finney was published for the first time in 1968. An updated version containing some changes to a few elements of the novel considered obsolete was published in 1987.

Christopher Lee at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival on February 9, 2012

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was born May 27, 1922 in London, England. He became famous for his roles in horror movies, particularly as Dracula. However, in decades of career, he had roles in move and TV productions of all kinds. In recent years, he had roles in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Star Wars prequels.