Leo Sorge

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Born (1960-07-14) July 14, 1960 (age 63)
Rome
Occupation
  • Technology Popularizer
  • Journalist
  • Author

Filoteo Maria Sorge (Rome, July 14, 1960), as known as Leo Sorge, is a technology popularizer, journalist, and author.

Biography

He graduated in Electronic Engineering from Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" with a thesis on the Evaluation of Risc architectures under Unix 4.0. He began writing about high fidelity (Ciao 2001, High Fidelity Music, Music) and authored programs on private Italian radios [1] (Radio Monte Cimone /RM, Radio Terminal Rome /RM, 7 Days 7 /PE). In 1980, while visiting Sinclair in Cambridge (UK), he became passionate about the first home computers, starting with the ZX-80 and 81, and became the reference editor for Vic20 and Commodore 64 thanks to his twenty-year collaboration with MCMicrocomputer and Linea EDP. He coordinated several industry publications, including PCUpgrade (MI). He produced content in many formats, including audiobooks (The Tale of Music), a series of Lit format books (Gullivertown 2003), and iNode on Wind (Numerological Horoscope, 2004).

He developed and often hosted numerous educational events on the digital world:

Holt in Italy[2] (5 eventi a Roma, luglio 2017), Seeweb Seed Beer (2012, 2013), Gamify your soul (@Luiss, 2013), The RepRap Day[3] (@Sapienza University, 2011), TG Cloud[4] e Cloud Scene by Seeweb (2009, 2010), Collaborating to Light '10[5] (Cnr, 2010), Inv Factor[6] (Cnr, 2010: Medaglia del Presidente della Repubblica Italiana), Più Blog/Digital Café[7] (Più libri, più liberi - Rome Book Fair, (2004-2008).

Books

Leo Sorge published over 50 manuals and books. Among them:

  • Work Against Future[8] (editor, Ultra 2020)
  • The Accidental Engineer[9] (Lulu 2017) with Ray Holt, designer of the first microprocessor in history.
  • From Dust to the MicroProcessor[10] (Lulu, 2009)
  • Don’t Comedians write for themselves? Comedy writing course by Claudio Fois[11] (Lulu 2008)
  • No Wires[12] (Apogeo, 2007)
  • Nostradamus’ Chips[13] (Apogeo 2007)
  • Gutenberg’s Stains[14] (Olimpia, 2003).

As a science fiction writer, he published many alternate history stories and other sci-fi. Some of them are:

  • Jules e Giuseppe (La Stampa, 2003)
  • Let that be your last battlefield (in If Italy. Alternate History Handbook from Romulus to Berlusconi[15], Vallecchi 2005)
  • Orrutrut the insatiable (in Galactic Gourmet Guide[16], Robin 2008),
  • Black Moon Blood (in On the razor's edge, [17], Supergiallo Mondadori 2010)
  • The Beauty in Birù (Other Risorgimentos[18], Bietti 2011)
  • The holiday of Radelchisio the glassmaker (in Chronicles from the Neocarboniferous, [19], Bietti 2013)
  • The Revelations of Gutenberg [20] is a historical science fiction novel..

As an editor, he collaborated on the drafting of various science fiction novels. Among them: Grikon[21] by Marco Casolino and Solar Wind Flight Techniques by Massimo Mongai 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "Braoadcast Italia".
  2. ↑ "Holt in Italy". YouTube.
  3. ↑ "The RepRap Day".
  4. ↑ "TG Cloud".
  5. ↑ "Light '10".
  6. ↑ "Inv Factor".
  7. ↑ "Più Blog/Digital Café".
  8. ↑ Lavoro senza futuro. Ultra. 2020. ISBN 978-8867769483.
  9. ↑ The accidental engineer. Lulu. 2017. ISBN 978-0244650674.
  10. ↑ From Dust to the MicroProcessor. Lulu. 2017. ISBN 9780244954543.
  11. ↑ Ma i Comici Non se le Scrivono da Soli?. Lulu. 2008. ISBN 978-1409233145.
  12. ↑ Senza fili. Apogeo. 2005. ISBN 978-8850323449.
  13. ↑ I chip di Nostradamus. Apogeo. 2007. ISBN 978-8850310449.
  14. ↑ Le macchie di Gutenberg. Editoriale Olimpia. 2003. ISBN 978-8825300420.
  15. ↑ Se l'Italia. Manuale di storia alternativa da Romolo a Berlusconi. Vallecchi. 2005. ISBN 978-8884270160.
  16. ↑ Guida galattica dei gourmet. Raccolta eretica e non convenzionale di storie (e ricette) aliene. Robin. 2008. ISBN 978-8873714484.
  17. ↑ "Sul filo del rasoio, Mondadori".
  18. ↑ Altri risorgimenti. L'Italia che non fu (1841-1870). Bietti. 2011. ISBN 978-8882482381.
  19. ↑ Cronache dal Neocarbonifero. Italia sommersa (2027-2701). Bietti. 2013. ISBN 978-8882483043.
  20. ↑ Le rivelazioni di Gutenberg. Lulu. 2017. ISBN 9780244354862.
  21. ↑ Grikon. Cooper. 2015. ISBN 978-8873941989.

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