Category: Books
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Reinações de Narizinho
Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? Reinações de Narizinho by Monteiro Lobato was one of the first books I ever read on my own. According to Wikipedia, its English title is The Adventures of Lúcia Little Nose. The story filled my imagination with whimsical adventures and unforgettable characters. Looking back, I understand why…
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Three books that changed the way I see the world
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? I wish I was more spare with the five star ratings on my Goodreads profile. It would certainly help me now in narrowing down the books that have had an impact on me. When I went there, I saw that my average rating is…
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The Black Arts
What is your career plan? Today I am one day closer to my retirement. I’m certainly taking steps for developing a career as a mystery writer. Thus, I’m reading a lot about the occult. I want to explore and incorporate this rich tradition into my narrative. Secret societies, sacred rites, perplexing riddles and esoteric writing…
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Astrophysicist for a day
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? Wow, what an opportunity if I could choose to do any job just for one day! I wouldn’t be choosing anything flashy, like astronaut or rocky star. I would choose something quieter, more introspective, but equally thrilling. Probably something on the scientific field.…
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The Demon-Haunted World
What gives you direction in life? It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that I’m obsessed with books. So, my direction in life definitely comes through them. But of course, as it happens with advice, there are good books, as well as bad books. How to differentiate between them? What helps me on that respect…
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On Liberty
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? There are so many quotes… it’s going to be hard to choose just one. Or, would I be allowed to choose a few, but from the same book? Even from the same chapter? There’s this wonderful, philosophical treatise that I read…
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The occult
What topics do you like to discuss? Rumor has it that there’s a hidden knowledge that has been passed down from generation to generation. It spans millennia and reaches all continents. Mystery cults and secret societies convey its principles to the initiates. Not everyone can join these organizations, though. They are fellowships of like-minded brothers…
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Man and His Symbols
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. I know that I like a book, specially when it’s non-fiction, when I want to highlight every paragraph on it. It’s when I feel I’m learning something. This happened recently to me when I was reading Man and His Symbols by…
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The Name of the Rose
What book could you read over and over again? There are many books I read over and over. Among them are Dracula by Bram Stoker, the Republic by Plato, and the Bible. Ah, I almost forgot. I read all of Sherlock Holmes canon twice, some of the adventures three or four times. Now, there are…
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Auguste Dupin
If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? I read many detective books in my life. These include all of Sherlock Holmes adventures, most of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple novels, among others. They all have something in common. They adhere to the groundwork established by Edgar…
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Esoteric writing
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? Secret is a wonderful word. It has several synonyms, each variation with a nuanced meaning. Hidden is the more mundane of these. But if you say something is confidential you mean that it’s private or it’s restricted information. When you say it’s classified…
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Charmides for a day
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? I would give anything to go back to ancient Greece and hear Socrates challenging his interlocutors in their dialectic disputes. If I could be someone else for a day, I would choose to be one of Socrates’ youthful disciples. I…
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