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#cinema 2 years ago, the director, producer, and actor Roger Corman passed away https://english.netmassimo.com/2024/05/12/r-i-p-roger-corman/

R.I.P. Roger Corman

The legendary director, producer, and actor Roger Corman passed away on May 9 (Photo Angela George). Roger Corman was born on April 5, 1926, in Santa Monica,...

Massimo Luciani 1d ago

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Walt 1d ago

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Massimo Luciani 2d ago

#fantasy #HeroicFantasy #SwordAndSorcery #novel #review

My review of the novel "The Broken Sword" by Poul Anderson

https://english.netmassimo.com/2026/05/07/the-broken-sword-by-poul-anderson/

Massimo Luciani 2d ago

#cinema It's the movie director Ishiro Honda's 115th birth anniversary https://english.netmassimo.com/2011/05/07/ishiro-honda-was-born-100-years-ago/

Ishiro Honda was born 100 years ago

Director Ishiro - or Inoshiro - Honda was born on May 7, 1911 in Yamagata, Japan. He's most famous for directing the original 'Godzilla' movie and many other...

Massimo Luciani 4d ago

#TachyonBeam #astronomy #protostars #ENDTRANZ

An article published in "The Astrophysical Journal" reports the results of a study that has identified an important part of the planetary formation process. A team of researchers has discovered a transition zone where gas becomes a part of a planet-forming disk using the ALMA radio telescope. This zone was called ENDTRANZ (Envelope Disk Transition Zone) and was located around the protostar L1527 IRS.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2026/05/05/an-important-phase-of-planet-formation-process-has-been-identified/

An important phase of planet formation process has been identified

An article published in 'The Astrophysical Journal' reports the results of a study that has identified an important part of the planetary formation process. A...

Massimo Luciani 4d ago

#VideoGames Wolfenstein 3D was launched 34 years ago https://english.netmassimo.com/2012/05/05/wolfenstein-3d-was-launched-20-years-ago/

Wolfenstein 3D was launched 20 years ago

May 5, 1992, marked the release of the videogame for MS-DOS 'Wolfenstein 3D', a milestone in the field of videogames created by id Software and published by...

Massimo Luciani 4d ago

#actors #cinema #television Actor Lance Henriksen turns 86 https://english.netmassimo.com/2020/05/05/happy-birthday-lance-henriksen/

Massimo Luciani 5d ago

#ScienceFiction #scifi #novel #review

My review of the novel "Prelude to Space", occasionally published as "Master of Space" or "The Space Dreamers", by Arthur C. Clarke

https://english.netmassimo.com/2026/05/04/prelude-to-space-by-arthur-c-clarke/

Massimo Luciani May 2

#writers #ScienceFiction #scifi It's writer E. E. “Doc” Smith's 136th birth anniversary https://english.netmassimo.com/2020/05/02/e-e-doc-smith-was-born-130-years-ago/

E. E. “Doc” Smith was born 130 years ago

Edward Elmer Smith was born on May 2, 1890, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. He became famous as E. E. 'Doc' Smith, is considered one of the fathers of space...

Massimo Luciani Apr 30

#SpyStory #thriller #novel #review

My review of the novel "Ghosts" by Mark Dawson

https://english.netmassimo.com/2026/04/30/ghosts-by-mark-dawson/

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