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Francesco Mantovani

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in Rome, Italy

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Humor

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Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, Angela Carter, Philip K. Dick ...more

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July 2012

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Sono un cantastorie, non uno scrittore.

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Francesco Mantovani's Blog: Peccato che piovesse

Continua a ripeterselo, mormorando a voce bassa: Mi chiamo Harria. Avanza a fatica sotto la pioggia battente, con i vecchi stivaletti che spesso affondano nella fanghiglia. Nella sua lingua Harria significa "pietra", e lui continua a ripeterselo: Mi chiamo Harria. Deve essere duro come una pietra, anche se ha freddo e batte i denti e gli sembra di non poter fare un altro passo, ma andrà avanti, sa Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 22, 2012 01:57 • Tags: draghi, drago, fantasy

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Average rating: 4.2 · 15 ratings · 3 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Big Bang Larissa / Caso 74 (Future Fiction Vol. 8) (Italian Edition) by Cristian Teodorescu, Alda Teodorani (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Francesco Verso (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	iMate by Francesco Verso (Goodreads Author), Francesco Mantovani (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jalluna! 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le storie della scimmia saggia 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spacewave by Alessandro Apreda (Goodreads Author), Annamaria Bonavoglia, Luigi Brasili really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jalluna!: Peccato che Piovesse 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le storie della scimmia saggia: Scritto per (e grazie a) la faina, il furetto e la jena by Francesco Mantovani (Goodreads Author), Francesca Sagramora (editor), Pietro Mantovani (contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evoluzioni d'amore by Francesco Mantovani (Goodreads Author), Marta Telatin (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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L'ultimo giorno

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“[Sharmayne Williams:]...puoi avere tutte le emozioni possibili, ma non devi permettere che siano loro a manovrarti.”
― Daniel Goleman, Lavorare con intelligenza emotiva

tags: autocontrollo, emozioni

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“No one will be alive by the last book. In fact, they all die in the fifth. The sixth book will be just a thousand-page description of snow blowing across the graves ...”
― George R.R. Martin

tags: character-deaths, song-of-ice-and-fire

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Future Survivors, the Apocalypse Group — 4705 members — last activity Oct 22, 2026 04:53AM
For readers and writers of apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, or dystopian novels, and fans of the dystopian genre of movies. NOTICE: This group recently ...more

Fantascienza — 828 members — last activity Jun 02, 2026 07:24AM
Gruppo dedicato alla fantascienza* Don't panic! *Non fantasy, per quello c'è un il gruppo FantasYtalia (Fantasy Italia). ...more

Urania — 451 members — last activity Oct 07, 2026 07:38AM
Questo gruppo è dedicato alla collana Urania di Mondadori e alle sue "figlie". Vuole essere anche un aiuto al reperimento dei volumi che, come noto, s ...more

Douglas Adams (incorporating The Hitchhiker's Guide) — 198 members — last activity Sep 09, 2017 02:31AM
Pop in your babel fish and come converse about the late, great Douglas Adams. Whether it be the Hitchhiker's guide, Dirk Gently, or the Meaning of Lif ...more

Future Fiction — 11 members — last activity Jul 21, 2012 10:31AM
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Libri Digitali — 17 members — last activity Apr 06, 2013 06:09AM
Gruppo dedicato alla nuova dimensione della lettura.

Utopian and Dystopian Reading Group — 904 members — last activity Sep 14, 2026 06:29PM
This group is for anyone interested in Utopian and Dystopian Literature to discuss anything from Thomas More's Utopia to present day fiction. Everyone ...more

Speculative Fiction in Translation — 357 members — last activity Jul 20, 2026 10:11AM
This is a group dedicated to reading SF works from around the world translated into English. We cover both new releases and older publications, and no ...more

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