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Milan, Italy

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http://www.dariotonani.it

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror

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Dario Tonani is an Italian Science Fiction writer.

"This guy's fantascienza novels about a tough, hallucinatory future Milan are actually pretty good. I'm pleased to see there's a new one out."
Bruce Sterling

Awards:
Tolkien (1989) Lovecraft (1994, 1999), Italia (1989, 1992, 2000)

Novels and anthologies (in Italian):
"Toxic@" (Mondadori, Urania, 2011), "Infected Files" (Delos Books, 2011), "L'algoritmo bianco" (Mondadori, Urania, 2009), "Infect@" (Mondadori, Urania, 2007), "La baracca degli angeli neri" (Marino Solfanelli Editore, 1991)

Dario Tonani – born in Milan, 1959 – is one of the main authors of Italy’s science fiction scene. A great sci-fi, noir and horror buff, he has published various novels and around 70 short stories in anthologies, na...more Dario Tonani is an Italian Science Fiction writer.

"This guy's fantascienza novels about a tough, hallucinatory future Milan are actually pretty good. I'm pleased to see there's a new one out."
Bruce Sterling

Awards:
Tolkien (1989) Lovecraft (1994, 1999), Italia (1989, 1992, 2000)

Novels and anthologies (in Italian):
"Toxic@" (Mondadori, Urania, 2011), "Infected Files" (Delos Books, 2011), "L'algoritmo bianco" (Mondadori, Urania, 2009), "Infect@" (Mondadori, Urania, 2007), "La baracca degli angeli neri" (Marino Solfanelli Editore, 1991)

Dario Tonani – born in Milan, 1959 – is one of the main authors of Italy’s science fiction scene. A great sci-fi, noir and horror buff, he has published various novels and around 70 short stories in anthologies, national newspapers and in the most important Italian magazines of the genre.

His most successful series, consisting of two novels and ten short stories is set in a Milan of the future where doped cartoons (known as +toons) roam the streets infecting the citizens with a new powerful drug which is transmitted via the retina. His first title "Infect@", runner-up at the Premio Urania 2005 and published in 2007 by Mondadori, was optioned for a film. The sequel "Toxic@" was published in 2011 together with other short stories relating to the saga.

Another series, also based in Milan (Dario’s hometown), consists of two novellas which were both published in the "L'algoritmo bianco" (Mondadori, 2009). The protagonist is a killer who moves through the bowels of a city and its corrupt technology in the year 2045.

In 2011 Tonani completed his steampunk/horror saga set on World-9, the story of a giant sentient ship-truck grappling with a wild and poisonous planet. The four stories that make up the series have all been published as ebooks: "Cardanica", "Robredo", "Chatarra" and "Afritania". After achieving great success in Italy, they are being published in the US, where they’ve earned the praise of undisputed steampunk maestro, Paul Di Filippo.

Dario has won numerous prizes: Premio Tolkien, 1989; Premio Lovecraft, 1994 and ’99; Premio Italia, 1989, 1992, 2000. The best of his sci-fi short stories is found in the "Infected Files" anthology published in 2011 – both on paper and in digital format – by Delos Books.

Married, with a 17 year old son, Tonani lives and works in the suburbs of Milan, a stone’s throw from the places he describes in his stories. He is currently working on a new novel/thriller as well as on various non sci-f i stories.
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Average rating: 4.28 · 131 ratings · 49 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Cardanica (Mondonove, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Robredo (Mondonove, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Chatarra (Mondonove, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Infected Files 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Afritania (Mondonove, #4) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Toxic@ 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	L'algoritmo bianco 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Infect@ 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	La baracca degli angeli neri by Dario Tonani (Goodreads Author), Roberto Genovesi (contributor) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991	My rating:

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40k Book Club: [ita] Cardanica e l'ascensore di Grassilli	6	25	Aug 25, 2010 07:47am
40k Book Club: [ita] Dario Tonani, il George Orwell di 40k	1	8	Aug 27, 2010 08:57am
40k Book Club: [ita] Milano, una location perfetta per ambientare incubi	1	9	Sep 01, 2010 07:39am
40k Book Club: [ita] Lovecraft in salsa biomeccanoide	1	14	Oct 16, 2010 01:41am
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