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2016: Stories From The Near Future
In the year 2016…
…Anamast, a leading Search Engine Corporation, will sponsor an innovative virtual school program for children of all ages. But alas, innovation does not come without minor collateral damages. Fortunately Anamast will have a solution for that too: a blue liquid called Parablu.
…All social networks will merge into one and become known as Society. Society will stop being inclusive and start being exclusive. Users will be associated with a Level to define their personal and professional status. Changing one’s profile will become almost impossible unless you are able to take part in the nation's favorite game show: Level 10.
…Sweet Dreams Inc. will be the market leader for “virtual transfers”, consisting in the physical termination of human beings and in the migration of their existence onto the corporation’s servers, making their customers virtually yours, forever.
…Anamast, a leading Search Engine Corporation, will sponsor an innovative virtual school program for children of all ages. But alas, innovation does not come without minor collateral damages. Fortunately Anamast will have a solution for that too: a blue liquid called Parablu.
…All social networks will merge into one and become known as Society. Society will stop being inclusive and start being exclusive. Users will be associated with a Level to define their personal and professional status. Changing one’s profile will become almost impossible unless you are able to take part in the nation's favorite game show: Level 10.
…Sweet Dreams Inc. will be the market leader for “virtual transfers”, consisting in the physical termination of human beings and in the migration of their existence onto the corporation’s servers, making their customers virtually yours, forever.
42 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 11, 2012
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About the author
Roberto Ricci
31 books17 followersRoberto Ricci is a fiction novel, short story and screenplay writer. He is best known for The Red Harlequin, his best selling YA Fantasy series. The series has been translated in French and adapted into graphic novels. A TV project is currently under way.
During his long and varied career Roberto has worked as a journalist, been an officer in the Italian Army and a Senior Executive at Rainbow, a leading children's entertainment company. He has lived in Tokyo, New York, Rome, Milan, Paris, and London and attended NYU and the European Business School.
He is represented by the Koko Media Agency, based in London.
During his long and varied career Roberto has worked as a journalist, been an officer in the Italian Army and a Senior Executive at Rainbow, a leading children's entertainment company. He has lived in Tokyo, New York, Rome, Milan, Paris, and London and attended NYU and the European Business School.
He is represented by the Koko Media Agency, based in London.
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March 5, 2019
3/5
Would have been 4/5 with a good editor and grammarian.
Would have been 4/5 with a good editor and grammarian.
August 19, 2015
Made me think and ...
Smile! I even laughed aloud. I especially enjoyed considering the future along the same lines as the author, Ricci. In four months it will be 2016. I wonder how it's going to play out, and the years that follow, too. Fun read.
Smile! I even laughed aloud. I especially enjoyed considering the future along the same lines as the author, Ricci. In four months it will be 2016. I wonder how it's going to play out, and the years that follow, too. Fun read.
January 4, 2016
Three very short stories about technology/society run amok.
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