February 2013

Starship: Pirate by Mike Resnick (Italian edition)

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The novel “Starship: Pirate” by Mike Resnick was published for the first time in 2006. It’s the secoind novel in the “Starship” series and is the sequel of Starship: Mutiny”. The crew of the former Republic starship Theodore Roosevelt decided to rebel and, commanded by Captain Wilson Cole, decided to become pirates. Their struggle, however, is against the military leadership, which they judged incompetent, not against innocent people. As a result, they must decide what kind of targets they want to attack.

Doctor Who - Dragonfire

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“Dragonfire” is the last adventure of the twentyfourth season of “Doctor Who” classic series which aired in 1987 featuring the Seventh Doctor, Mel and Ace. It follows “Delta and the Bannermen” and it’s a three parts adventure written by Ian Briggs and directed by Chris Clough.

Image combining Hubble observations of M 106 with additional information captured by amateur astronomers Robert Gendler and Jay GaBany (Image NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and R. Gendler (for the Hubble Heritage Team). Acknowledgment: J. GaBany)

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Astro-photographer Robert Gendler put together several photographs of the spiral galaxy M106 (Messier 106, also known as NGC 4258) taken over the years by the Hubble Space Telescope along with those made by him and another astro-photographer, Jay GaBany, to create one of the most remarkable astronomical images ever produced.