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PROGRESSO
July 13, 2024. Raf, a network user, spends his birthday talking with Susie, a virtual interface that has taken some inputs from his subconscious and reworked them in the form of three visual stories.
The protagonists of these holo-movies are Charlie and Stanley McGee, two brothers, computer engineers with opposing opinions on the relationship between man and technology: for the former, virtual reality is the only possible future for humanity.
In an advanced unreal, dystopian and cyberpunk space, the Unreal Dimension, two events take place: a first cybersex-type story that involves, to the extreme consequences, the skeptic Stanley; a second set during the eruption of Vesuvius that led to the destruction of the ancient Herculaneum; a third story instead moves around the avant-garde social network Frontnotes, a huge regurgitating warehouse of excessive, pressing friendships to be tightened online.
But where does all this lead?
The novel gained a praise mention at MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 2018 International Prize
The protagonists of these holo-movies are Charlie and Stanley McGee, two brothers, computer engineers with opposing opinions on the relationship between man and technology: for the former, virtual reality is the only possible future for humanity.
In an advanced unreal, dystopian and cyberpunk space, the Unreal Dimension, two events take place: a first cybersex-type story that involves, to the extreme consequences, the skeptic Stanley; a second set during the eruption of Vesuvius that led to the destruction of the ancient Herculaneum; a third story instead moves around the avant-garde social network Frontnotes, a huge regurgitating warehouse of excessive, pressing friendships to be tightened online.
But where does all this lead?
The novel gained a praise mention at MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 2018 International Prize
256 pages, Paperback
Published August 27, 2018
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About the author
Raffaele Formisano
4 books14 followersRaffaele Formisano was born in 1974 and is a Project Engineer.
His first publications date back to the period 1999-2000 with two stories on two anthologies for the prize GIAMMARIO MARRADI.
He published the fantasy story TARTAN in the anthology THIRTY AND MORE LOSING THE UMBRELLA WAYS by HOMO SCRIVENS (Naples).
In 2015 he released his first novel with the writing collective creative group GRUPPO9, published by HOMO SCRIVENS and entitled HYDE SCHOOL.
With the same publisher he was involved in the volume NANORACCONTI (micro stories max 250 characters / story) and published the horror tale NEXT CAR in the ebook anthology for the prize ESECRANDA 2015.
Both in 2014 and in 2015 he published in the newspaper THE ROME two short stories MAN WITH BLACK HAT and FUTURE IN CYBERSPACE
For the same cycle, in August 2016 it was released the micro tale "Baricco’s Notes".
The author was furthermore winner of section D) Fantasy and Fantastic Fiction in the National Literary Prize CORSAIRS TALES 2015 with the avant pop story FIRM REALITY. The same was published in the anthology titled SMALL MANIA, published by ERIS EDITIONS.
He was, furthermore, finalist for the ESESCIFI 2015 prize dedicated to science fiction with the avant pop tale MR. SOMMERS & THE VOGUE and 2018 edition with the tale VR-BOX.
The author is present in the epub anthology I WRITE FOR YOU directed by writer Andrea Franco, made for charity for earthquake victims in central Italy, with the spy story entitled SYMBOLS.
He published, finally, in the month of October 2016 his first novel science fiction avant-pop genre, titled SCHRODINGER'S PARADOX published by Homo Scrivens
The author gave a copy to the library of the University of Vienna, where the Austrian Nobel physicist Erwin Schrodinger (which the novel is dedicated to) taught
(http://ubdata.univie.ac.at/AC13383280)
The novel was a finalist for "MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI" 2016 International Prize.
The novel is furthermore among the winners with medal prize at GOLDEN BOOKS 2017 and honor mentioned with medal at GROTTAMMARE 2017 International Prize.
The novel is furthermore among the finalists at ZENO PRIZE 2017 and winner for the best filmplot at UN LIBRO PER IL CINEMA (A BOOK FOR MOVIE) 2019.
The author is among the selected for the anthology for ESECRANDA award 2016, with horror tale DARK SIDES and 2017 with THE DARK.
He’s among the authors for the volume TUTTE LE STORIE DEL MONDO (ALL THE STORIES OF THE WORLD - microstories) edited by HOMO SCRIVENS (march 2017).
His last novels as a member of GRUPPO9 is the noir GLI AFFAMATI (THE HUNGRY ONES - may 2017) and SCACCO AL RE (CHECK THE KING 2018) published by HOMO SCRIVENS.
In July 2018 his science fition novel NIENTE E NESSUNO (NOTHING AND NO ONE), written togethwer with his wife Nunzia, is second classified at IPAZIA CITTA' DI EBOLI prize
His second published novel is PROGRESSO (2018) commendationed at MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 2018 International Prize.
He published several tales in various anthologies, such as the avantpop tale TECHNOLOGY, finalist at ZENO PRIZE 2015 and MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 2018 Prize, and the fairy tale CACCIATORI DI STELLE (STARS HUNTERS) dedicated to the birth of his two twins Angelo Raffaele and Ciro Lorenzo in April 2018.
His first publications date back to the period 1999-2000 with two stories on two anthologies for the prize GIAMMARIO MARRADI.
He published the fantasy story TARTAN in the anthology THIRTY AND MORE LOSING THE UMBRELLA WAYS by HOMO SCRIVENS (Naples).
In 2015 he released his first novel with the writing collective creative group GRUPPO9, published by HOMO SCRIVENS and entitled HYDE SCHOOL.
With the same publisher he was involved in the volume NANORACCONTI (micro stories max 250 characters / story) and published the horror tale NEXT CAR in the ebook anthology for the prize ESECRANDA 2015.
Both in 2014 and in 2015 he published in the newspaper THE ROME two short stories MAN WITH BLACK HAT and FUTURE IN CYBERSPACE
For the same cycle, in August 2016 it was released the micro tale "Baricco’s Notes".
The author was furthermore winner of section D) Fantasy and Fantastic Fiction in the National Literary Prize CORSAIRS TALES 2015 with the avant pop story FIRM REALITY. The same was published in the anthology titled SMALL MANIA, published by ERIS EDITIONS.
He was, furthermore, finalist for the ESESCIFI 2015 prize dedicated to science fiction with the avant pop tale MR. SOMMERS & THE VOGUE and 2018 edition with the tale VR-BOX.
The author is present in the epub anthology I WRITE FOR YOU directed by writer Andrea Franco, made for charity for earthquake victims in central Italy, with the spy story entitled SYMBOLS.
He published, finally, in the month of October 2016 his first novel science fiction avant-pop genre, titled SCHRODINGER'S PARADOX published by Homo Scrivens
The author gave a copy to the library of the University of Vienna, where the Austrian Nobel physicist Erwin Schrodinger (which the novel is dedicated to) taught
(http://ubdata.univie.ac.at/AC13383280)
The novel was a finalist for "MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI" 2016 International Prize.
The novel is furthermore among the winners with medal prize at GOLDEN BOOKS 2017 and honor mentioned with medal at GROTTAMMARE 2017 International Prize.
The novel is furthermore among the finalists at ZENO PRIZE 2017 and winner for the best filmplot at UN LIBRO PER IL CINEMA (A BOOK FOR MOVIE) 2019.
The author is among the selected for the anthology for ESECRANDA award 2016, with horror tale DARK SIDES and 2017 with THE DARK.
He’s among the authors for the volume TUTTE LE STORIE DEL MONDO (ALL THE STORIES OF THE WORLD - microstories) edited by HOMO SCRIVENS (march 2017).
His last novels as a member of GRUPPO9 is the noir GLI AFFAMATI (THE HUNGRY ONES - may 2017) and SCACCO AL RE (CHECK THE KING 2018) published by HOMO SCRIVENS.
In July 2018 his science fition novel NIENTE E NESSUNO (NOTHING AND NO ONE), written togethwer with his wife Nunzia, is second classified at IPAZIA CITTA' DI EBOLI prize
His second published novel is PROGRESSO (2018) commendationed at MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 2018 International Prize.
He published several tales in various anthologies, such as the avantpop tale TECHNOLOGY, finalist at ZENO PRIZE 2015 and MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 2018 Prize, and the fairy tale CACCIATORI DI STELLE (STARS HUNTERS) dedicated to the birth of his two twins Angelo Raffaele and Ciro Lorenzo in April 2018.
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