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Harry Harrison (1925–2012)

Autore di The Stainless Steel Rat

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Harry Harrison was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey on March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut. He was drafted into the U. S. Air Corps in 1943 and became a sharpshooter, a military policeman, a gunnery instructor, and a specialist in the prototypes of computer-guided bomb-sights and gun turrets. After mostra altro being discharged, he graduated from Hunter College with a degree in art. By the end of the 1940s, he was running a small studio that specialized in selling illustrations to comics and science-fiction magazines. He then moved on to editing some of the magazines. As the market for comics began to shrink, he started writing for science-fiction magazines. He wrote short science fiction stories and novels including Deathworld, Captive Universe, Montezuma's Revenge, Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers, Stonehenge, West of Eden, Stars and Stripes Forever. He also wrote the Stainless Steel Rat series and the Bill, the Galactic Hero series. His novel Make Room! Make Room! Was the inspiration for the movie Soylent Green. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Hank Dempsey, Felix Boyd, Wade Kaempfert, Cameron Hall, Philip St. John, and Leslie Charteris. He died on August 15, 2012 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Opere di Harry Harrison

The Stainless Steel Rat (1961) 1,659 copie, 26 recensioni
A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born (1985) 1,648 copie, 13 recensioni
Make Room! Make Room! (1966) 1,602 copie, 49 recensioni
Jim Digriz, l'implacabile (1961) 1,598 copie, 17 recensioni
The Stainless Steel Rat for President (1982) 1,502 copie, 11 recensioni
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You (1978) 1,486 copie, 9 recensioni
West of Eden (1984) 1,315 copie, 21 recensioni
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted (1987) 1,213 copie, 12 recensioni
Bill, the Galactic Hero (1965) 1,176 copie, 19 recensioni
Deathworld Trilogy (1960) 1,097 copie, 19 recensioni
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (1970) 951 copie, 7 recensioni
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (1972) 915 copie, 5 recensioni
Il nemico degli Yilané - Cosmo Oro 107 (1986) 891 copie, 7 recensioni
Deathworld 1 (1960) 765 copie, 21 recensioni
The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell (1996) 730 copie, 6 recensioni
Scontro finale (1988) 712 copie, 5 recensioni
Jim DiGriz e il pianeta maledetto (1994) 697 copie, 5 recensioni
Planet of the Damned (1961) 695 copie, 8 recensioni
The Turing Option (1993) — Autore — 680 copie, 12 recensioni
The Technicolor Time Machine (1967) 612 copie, 10 recensioni
Deathworld 2 (1963) 573 copie, 6 recensioni
Homeworld (1980) 572 copie, 4 recensioni
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! (1972) 531 copie, 9 recensioni
Galaxy Rangers (1973) 526 copie, 8 recensioni
The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus (1999) 516 copie, 4 recensioni
Deathworld 3 (1968) 511 copie, 4 recensioni
Wheelworld (1981) 488 copie, 2 recensioni
Starworld (1981) 468 copie, 3 recensioni
The Hammer and the Cross (1993) 450 copie, 3 recensioni
Captive Universe (1969) 430 copie, 3 recensioni
To the Stars (1987) 430 copie, 2 recensioni
Skyfall (1976) — Autore — 430 copie, 5 recensioni
One Step from Earth (1970) 373 copie, 2 recensioni
Astroincendio doloso (1975) — Autore — 368 copie, 2 recensioni
Planet of No Return (1981) 357 copie, 3 recensioni
Stainless Steel Visions (1993) 324 copie, 1 recensione
The Jupiter Legacy (1965) 316 copie, 3 recensioni
One King's Way (1995) 314 copie
Rebel in Time (1983) 312 copie, 2 recensioni
Le stelle nelle mani (1970) 289 copie, 2 recensioni
King and Emperor (1996) 288 copie, 1 recensione
War with the robots : science fiction stories (1956) 287 copie, 3 recensioni
Invasion: Earth (1982) 281 copie, 4 recensioni
Nebula Award Stories Number Two (1967) — A cura di — 243 copie
Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology (1973) — A cura di — 241 copie, 1 recensione
Stars and Stripes in Peril (2000) 240 copie, 1 recensione
Prime Number (1970) 226 copie, 1 recensione
The Best of Harry Harrison (1976) 213 copie, 2 recensioni
A Stainless Steel Trio (2002) 199 copie, 3 recensioni
The Stainless Steel Rat Returns (2010) 190 copie, 3 recensioni
Galactic Dreams (1994) 187 copie, 1 recensione
Jupiter Plague (1982) 183 copie, 2 recensioni
Nova 2 (1972) — A cura di — 150 copie, 1 recensione
Nova 1 (1970) — A cura di — 140 copie, 3 recensioni
Penguin Science Fiction (1961) 139 copie, 4 recensioni
Hell's Cartographers: Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers (1975) — A cura di — 130 copie, 3 recensioni
Nova 3 (1973) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 119 copie, 2 recensioni
50 in 50: Fifty stories for fifty years! (2001) 118 copie, 3 recensioni
The Year 2000 (1970) — A cura di — 116 copie, 1 recensione
The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T. (1994) 110 copie, 2 recensioni
Spaceship Medic (1970) — Autore — 105 copie, 1 recensione
Backdrop of Stars (1968) — A cura di — 93 copie, 3 recensioni
Apeman, Spaceman (1968) — A cura di — 93 copie, 2 recensioni
There Won't Be War (1991) — A cura di — 92 copie
Best SF: 1968 (1969) — A cura di — 92 copie, 2 recensioni
Best SF: 1971 (1972) — A cura di — 89 copie
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 6 (1973) — A cura di — 87 copie, 1 recensione
SF: Authors' Choice 4 (1974) — A cura di — 85 copie, 1 recensione
Queen Victoria's Revenge (1974) 84 copie, 1 recensione
Warriors of the Way (1995) 81 copie, 2 recensioni
Decade: The 1940s (1975) — A cura di — 78 copie, 1 recensione
Nova 4 (1974) — A cura di — 75 copie
Montezuma's revenge (1972) 74 copie, 1 recensione
The Qe2 Is Missing (1980) 72 copie, 1 recensione
Decade: The 1950s (1978) — A cura di — 71 copie
Stonehenge (1972) — Autore — 71 copie
Best SF: 1967 (1968) — A cura di; Introduzione — 69 copie, 2 recensioni
Best SF: 1970 (1971) — A cura di — 64 copie
Planet Story (1979) — Autore — 64 copie, 1 recensione
The Astounding-Analog Reader Book Two (1973) — A cura di — 60 copie, 1 recensione
Best SF: 1969 (1960) — A cura di — 60 copie
Mechanismo (1978) 53 copie
The 9th Annual Best SF: 75 (1976) — A cura di — 52 copie
The Misplaced Battleship (2008) 52 copie, 3 recensioni
The Astounding-Analog Reader Volume One (1972) — A cura di — 52 copie
Best SF: 1973 (1974) — A cura di — 47 copie, 3 recensioni
Arm of the Law (1958) 45 copie, 4 recensioni
SF: Authors' Choice 2 (1970) — A cura di — 44 copie
Best SF: 1974 (1976) — A cura di — 44 copie
Decade: The 1960s (1977) — A cura di — 43 copie
The Repairman (1958) 42 copie
Four for the Future (1969) — A cura di — 41 copie
SF: Authors' Choice (1968) — A cura di — 39 copie
The K-Factor (2008) 32 copie
Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison!: A Memoir (2014) 26 copie, 3 recensioni
SF: Authors' Choice 3 (1973) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 26 copie
Toy Shop (1962) 25 copie, 1 recensione
The Stainless Steel Rat (2010) 24 copie, 1 recensione
The Velvet Glove (1956) 24 copie
The Man from P. I. G. (1968) 24 copie
Navy Day (2011) 18 copie
The Streets Of Ashkelon (1985) 16 copie
THE CALIFORNIA ICEBERG (1975) 15 copie
Toy Shop and Two Others (2009) 14 copie
Harry Harrison Super Pack (2015) 13 copie
Pianeta impossibile (1987) 12 copie
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A Science Fiction Reader (1973) — A cura di — 11 copie, 1 recensione
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Simulated Trainer (1958) 7 copie
SF Impulse 11 (1967) — A cura di — 7 copie
Final Encounter (1964) 7 copie
A Criminal Act (1966) 7 copie
Fantastic. No. 144 (March 1968) (1968) — A cura di — 6 copie
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I See You (1959) 6 copie
Portrait Of The Artist (1964) 5 copie
Zpátky na Zemi (1996) 5 copie
SF Impulse 8 (1966) 5 copie
Down to Earth (1963) 4 copie
Pollution: Omnibus (1971) — Collaboratore — 4 copie, 1 recensione
Roommates 4 copie
SF Impulse 9 (1966) — A cura di — 4 copie
Il Ritorno di Jim DiGriz (1990) 4 copie
Amazing Stories Vol. 42, No. 1 [April/June 1968] (1968) — A cura di — 4 copie
Mundo-Nosso 4 copie
il re e l ' inpero (2003) 4 copie
Der Planetenretter. (1988) 4 copie
Deathworld 4 (2003) 4 copie
If (1968) 4 copie
Mute Milton (1966) 4 copie
Not Me, Not Amos Cabot! (1965) 4 copie
Ku gwiazdom (1980) 3 copie
A Civil Service Servant (1967) 3 copie
E= MC2...OR BUST (1965) — Autore — 3 copie
Incident In The IND (1964) 3 copie
1999 (1976) 3 copie
An Honest Day's Work (1993) 3 copie
SF Impulse 12 (1967) — A cura di — 3 copie
You Men Of Violence (1967) 3 copie
Heavy Duty 3 copie
Pressure 3 copie
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La ‰via degli dei (1996) 2 copie
Årets bedste science fiction, 1968 — A cura di — 2 copie
Rock Diver 2 copie
American Dead 2 copie
Ontmoeting in Prila (1979) 2 copie
Famous First Words (1964) 2 copie
Il libro degli Yilanè (1997) 2 copie
The Final Battle (1970) 2 copie
AHEAD OF TIME 2 copie
Welt im Fels (1969) 2 copie
Fantastic. No. 145 (May 1968) — A cura di — 2 copie
The Pad (1970) 2 copie
Ocelové vize (1998) 2 copie
Wheelworld 1 copia
Starworld 1 copia
La ||kaptita universo (2001) 1 copia
A Oeste do Éden (2005) 1 copia
рассказы 1 copia, 1 recensione
Collected Editorials from Analog 1 copia, 1 recensione
Diesseits von Eden (1991) 1 copia
Fantastic. No. 146 (August 1968) — A cura di — 1 copia
Deathworld # 1-4 (1990) 1 copia
Fatale vlucht (1978) 1 copia
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Sci Fi Shorts V8 (2019) 1 copia
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Vangistatud universum (2022) 1 copia
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Harry Harrison (1925 – 2012)  in Science Fiction Fans (Agosto 2012)
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Marvin Minsky aveva avuto un'ottima idea per divulgare le proprie idee sull'intelligenza artificiale: mettersi insieme a uno scrittore di fantascienza per scrivere un libro di SF Hard. Il risultato? Non ha retto alla prova del tempo. Il libro parte con un assalto al maggior centro statunitense (privato: questo in effetti l'hanno azzeccato...) sull'intelligenza artificiale, con la razzia di tutto il materiale e l'uccisione dei ricercatori: solo il giovane leader rimane agonizzante e con il cervello severamente danneggiato, e i militari USA che hanno preso in carico la faccenda di sicurezza nazionale acconsentono a un'operazione mai tentata di ricostruzione della "società della mente" del protagonista (il termine è minskyano).
Il guaio è che a venticinque anni dalla sua pubblicazione (e poco più di un lustro prima della data in cui la storia ha inizio) il testo è terribilmente invecchiato. Lasciamo perdere l'intelligenza artificiale, o la Machine Intelligence come viene chiamata nel libro, e guardiamo la pratica Alcune predizioni si sono avverate, come l'uso delle staminali e soprattutto l'ubiquità dei telefonini (ma senza connessione dati...), ma per esempio la quantità di memoria nei dispositivi è enormemente sottostimata: 1000 MB ("giga" e "tera" non pervenuti) è considerato tantissimo. Non parliamo poi dei pipponi di Minsky; ma anche la parte più romanzata di Harrison ha enormi buchi nella trama e non funziona affatto. In pratica, se non l'avete mai letto continuate così.
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.mau. | 11 altre recensioni | Aug 8, 2017 |
In un terribile futuro distopico una New York sovrappopolata, afosa, sudicia e in totale declino vede la storia di un poliziotto che decide di indagare seriamente su di un delitto altrimenti destinato al dimenticatoio. Scoprirà, infine, una verità drammatica.
Quello che caratterizza questo libro non è tanto la trama quanto la descrizione vivida e angosciosa di questo orribile futuro, le folle affamate e sudate, la mancanza di spazio, la sete cronica per mancanza di acqua, il caldo opprimente, la fame... Un'opera mirabile di immaginazione che fa da sfondo però ad una storia piuttosto insulsa che, francamente, lascia piuttosto freddini durante la lettura ed anzi, a tratti, è pure noiosa.… (altro)
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senio | 48 altre recensioni | Apr 21, 2013 |
Che succederebbe se uno scienziato un po' schivo e riservato scoprisse qualcosa di rivoluzionario per l'umanità? In un mondo dominato dalle guerre, dai sospetti, dalle spie e dagli interessi strategici riuscirebbe costui a mantenere il controllo delle sue ricerche, considerando anche che è un ricercatore ebreo emigrato negli Usa ?
Harryson si chiede tutto questo con l'originale trovata di spostare il focus ambientale in Danimarca, ma i guai non lasceranno in pace il mite scienziato neppure nel remoto paese scandinavo. Ma la posta in gioco è troppo grande.
Romanzo carino, un po' ingenuo e datato ma godibile.
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senio | 1 altra recensione | Apr 21, 2013 |

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Naomi Mitchison Contributor
James Blish Contributor, Foreword
Joe Haldeman Contributor
Fritz Leiber Contributor, Author
Philip José Farmer Contributor, Author
Damon Knight Contributor
James E. Gunn Contributor
Ben Bova Contributor
Katherine MacLean Contributor, Author
J. G. Ballard Contributor
Arthur C. Clarke Contributor, Author
L. Sprague de Camp Contributor
Avram Davidson Contributor
Hal Clement Contributor
Alfred Bester Contributor
Kit Reed Contributor, Author
Frank M. Robinson Contributor
James H. Schmitz Contributor, Author
Algis Budrys Contributor, Author
Gene Wolfe Contributor
David I. Masson Contributor, Author
Norman Spinrad Contributor
Bob Shaw Author, Contributor
Jack Vance Contributor
R. A. Lafferty Contributor
Theodore L. Thomas Contributor
Sonya Dorman Contributor
Keith Roberts Contributor, Illustrator
Judith Merril Contributor
Ray Bradbury Contributor, Author
Keith Laumer Contributor
Lawrence Sail Contributor
Piers Anthony Contributor
Daniel F. Galouye Contributor
K. M. O'Donnell Author, Contributor
Kingsley Amis Contributor
Kris Neville Contributor
Frank Herbert Contributor
A. E. van Vogt Contributor
Philip K. Dick Contributor
Richard McKenna Contributor
George Henry Smith Contributor
Robin S. Scott Contributor
Theodore Sturgeon Contributor
George O. Smith Contributor
Josef Nesvadba Contributor
Harlan Ellison Contributor
James Jr. Tiptree Contributor
John Thomas Sladek Contributor
Edward Bryant Contributor
André Carneiro Contributor
Clifford D. Simak Contributor
Walter M. Miller Contributor
Ward Moore Contributor
John Steinbeck Contributor
Donald E. Westlake Contributor
James Sallis Contributor
J. R. Pierce Contributor
Chan Davis Contributor
David Gerrold Contributor
Robin Scott Contributor
David R. Bunch Contributor
Scott Edelstein Contributor
Dick Glass Contributor
Dean McLaughlin Contributor
Philip Shofner Contributor
Thomas N. Scortia Contributor
Michael Moorcock Contributor
Marijane Allen Contributor
L. Sprague de Camp Contributor
Arnold M. Auerbach Contributor
Charles Baxter Contributor
Cynthia Ozick Contributor
B. Alan Burhoe Contributor
Tommaso Landolfi Contributor
Steven Schrader Contributor
Richard E. Peck Contributor
Gahan Wilson Contributor
Donald Barthelme Contributor
Steve Herbst Contributor
Victor Sabah Contributor
Andre Carneiro Contributor
Christopher Priest Contributor
Alex Hamilton Contributor
Joe Haldeman Contributor
Howard L. Myers Contributor
Patricia Beer Contributor
Ken W. Purdy Contributor
Carol Emshwiller Contributor
Robert C. Taylor Contributor
Roger Zelazny Contributor
John Brunner Contributor
James Tiptree Jr. Contributor
James Gunn Contributor
Paul Allen Carter Contributor
Philip Latham Contributor
Fredric Brown Contributor
Richard Bireley Contributor
Michael Addobati Contributor
Jeff Duntemann Contributor
Tom Reamy Contributor
Edward Wellen Contributor
Noami Mitchison Contributor
Bill Garnett Contributor
C. C. Shackleton Contributor
John Sladek Contributor
Fred Hoyle Contributor
James Thurber Contributor
Gary Wright Contributor
William Earls Contributor
Langdon Jones Contributor
Alvin Greenberg Contributor
Hayden Howard Contributor
Jerry Farber Contributor
Robert Coover Contributor
Robin Scott Wilson Contributor
Sławomir Mrożek Contributor
Gleb Anfilov Contributor
Don A. Stuart Contributor
P. Schuyler Miller Contributor
Anson MacDonald Contributor
Ross Rocklynne Contributor
Harry Bates Contributor
Richard Wilson Contributor
IIya Varshavsky Contributor
William Harrison Contributor
Max Beerbohm Contributor
Michael Bishop Contributor
Kenneth Bernard Contributor
Steven Utley Contributor
W. H. Auden Contributor
Alan E. Nourse Contributor
H. L. Gold Contributor
Barry N. Malzberg Contributor
Larry Niven Contributor
Chris Hebron Contributor
Pete Hammerton Contributor
Eric C. Williams Contributor
Chris Boyce Contributor
Kenneth Bulmer Contributor
J. Cawthorn Illustrator
D. G. Compton Contributor
Chris Priest Contributor
Alistair Bevan Contributor
Paul Jents Contributor
Jean Pierre Targete Cover artist
Peter Elson Cover artist
Richard M. Powers Cover artist
Michael William Kaluta Illustrator, Cover artist
Steve Fastner Cover artist
Gino D'Achille Cover artist
Wulf H. Bergner Translator
Bruce Pennington Cover artist
Thomas Schlück Translator
Giuseppe Festino Cover artist, Illustrator
Bryn Barnard Cover artist, Illustrator
Tom Kidd Cover artist
Eddie Jones Cover artist
Les Edwards Cover artist
Peter Gudynas Cover artist
Bill Sanderson Cover artist
Tony Westermayr Translator
John Schoenherr Cover artist, Cover Artist
Julie Bell Cover artist
Don Maitz Cover artist
Michael Kaluta Cover artist, Illustrator
Bob Larkin Cover artist
Barclay Shaw Cover artist
Frank Morris Cover artist
Tony Roberts Cover artist
Pekka Markkula Translator
Jorge Llambias Translator
Karel Thole Cover designer
Konrad Hinsen Translator
Kevin Schoedel Translator
Maria Baĵenova Cover artist
Jill Bauman Cover artist
Mark Weddell Translator
Kalle Kniivilä Translator
Pierre Jelenc Translator
Rob Helm Translator
John Solie Cover artist
Paul R. Ehrlich Introduction
Paulette Peroni Translator
Charles and Cuffari Cover designer
Gary Viskupic Cover artist
Gary LoSasso Cover artist
Alex Jay Cover designer
David K. Stone Cover artist
Gary LaSasso Cover artist
Paul Lehr Cover Artist
Peter Jones Cover artist
David Schleinkofer Cover artist
Douglas Henderson Cover artist
Attila Joó Translator
Edward Soyka Cover artist
Jay Hurst Cover artist
Richard V. Corben Cover artist
Richard Powers Cover artist
Jerry Lofaro Cover artist
Jim Sharpe Cover artist
Ruurd Groot Cover artist
Frank Stoovelaar Cover artist
Pavel Tchelitchev Cover artist
Sharon Eddy Cover artist
Kelly Freas Cover artist
György Szegi Translator
H. R. van Dongen Cover artist
István Nemes Translator
Ervin Õunapuu Cover artist
Walter Velez Cover artist
Jamie S. Warren Youll Cover designer
Bernard Sigaud Translator
George Snow Cover artist
Jerry Bauer Author photo
Mark Pacella Illustrator, Cover artist
John Rose Narrator
Yvonne Bogdanski Cover artist
Gérard Klein Introduction
István Molnár Translator
Reijo Kalvas Translator
Ingela Bergdahl Translator
Kari T. Leppänen Cover artist
Chris Achilleos Cover artist
Laura Watkins Cover designer
Josh Kirby Cover artist
Rie Neehus Translator
Stanislaw Fernandes Cover artist
Vincent DiFate Cover artist
Gordon C. Davies Cover artist
Alan Craddock Cover artist
Auberon Waugh Introduction
John Berkey Cover artist
Rowena Morrill Cover artist
O. Sachs Translator
Alan Gutierrez Cover artist
Clyde Caldwell Cover artist
Thomas Piltz Translator
Chris Foss Cover artist
Patricia Manzone Cover designer
Rick DeMarco Illustrator
David A. Hardy Illustrator
Michael Whelan Cover artist
Keith Parkinson Cover artist
Howard V. Chaykin Cover artist
Richard Clifton-Dey Cover artist
Chris Moore Cover artist
Ken Leeder Jacket designer, Cover artist
C. A. M. Thole Cover artist
Min Choi Cover designer
Tom Freeman Cover artist
Jack Gaughan Cover artist
Kelly Freas Cover Artist
Dave Summer Cover artist
Angelina Tomlinson Illustrator
Joe Sposato Cover artist
Angela Tomlinson Illustrator
David Stevenson Cover designer
Dennis Lyall Cover artist
Leo L. Barrow Translator
Enrico Scull Cover artist
Lore Strassl Translator
Johannes Regn Cover designer
Pat Steir Cover artist
Adrian Chesterman Cover artist
David Pelham Cover artist
Klaus Mahn Translator
Pon Ruiter Translator
Elisabeth Gille Translator
Patrick Woodroffe Cover artist
Alfred Scholz Translator
Heinz Nagel Translator
James Gurney Cover artist
Bernd Müller Translator

Statistiche

Opere
414
Opere correlate
168
Utenti
40,710
Popolarità
#433
Voto
½ 3.6
Recensioni
462
ISBN
1,247
Lingue
21
Preferito da
74

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