Introduction: “What the devil?”                     The question—at once startled, ironic, and probing—captures a central moment in Childhood’s End , when Arthur C. Clarke’s seemingly benevolent alien Overlords finally reveal themselves to humankind. After decades of guiding Earth into an era of peace, abundance, and stability, their leader, Karellen, steps forward in broad daylight—and appears in the unmistakable form of the traditional Western devil. The shock is immediate

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Perdi meu caderno no dia em que resolvi escrever. Normalmente eu escrevo em português, à mão. É onde meus pensamentos ficam mais soltos, menos “operacionais”. Mas sem o caderno, sentei no computador e comecei a digitar em inglês, quase no automático. Mais rápido e limpo. Mais modo trabalho. Me parece que o ambiente influencia a linguagem, e a linguagem influencia o jeito de raciocinar. A linguagem e semântica importam muito e de certa forma moldam nossa maneira de pensar e ve