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Rui Leite

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Born

in Porto, Portugal

Genre

Humor and Comedy, Fiction, Whatever Strikes My Fancy

Influences

https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/

Member Since

August 2010

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Date of Birth: 13/04/84

Date of Death: Not yet Scheduled. For further informations please consult your fortune teller of choice.

Status: Portugalus

Nationality: Do I really need to choose one?

Call to Adventure: Opening my eyes for the first time

Meeting of The Mentor: Very likely when I started paying attention to what my grandparents said and did

Crossing The First Threshold: Last day of college. Up until that point it all seemed rather simple.

Belly of The Wale: When waking up without knowing what to do or where to be became real boring real fast

The Road of Trials: Depression part 1.

Meeting of The Goddess: That one time I met my current group of friends

Temptation: Depression part 2.

Atonement: Embracing The Nonsense of It All

Apotheosis: Still ...more

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Average rating: 3.7 · 84 ratings · 34 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Genetic and Evolutionary Characterization of Plant Pathogenic Xanthomonads Based on DNA Sequences Related to the Hrp Genes 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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	Almanaque Steampunk 2013 by Sofia Romualdo (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joana Neto Lima (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , André Nóbrega (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2013	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
	Comandante Serralves - Despojos de Guerra by Adeselna Ferreira (Goodreads Author), Carlos Silva (Goodreads Author) , Inês Montenegro (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014	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
	Antologia Fénix de Ficção Científica e Fantasia - Volume I by Marcelina Gama Leandro (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Álvaro de Sousa Holstein (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Ana C. Nunes (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013	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
	Nanozine n. 7 extra NaNoWriMo by Adeselna Ferreira (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adoa Coelho (Goodreads Author) , Ambar van Slooten 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012	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
	Almanaque Steampunk 2015 by Diana Sousa (Editor), Inês Montenegro (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Rafaela Ferraz (Editor) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	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
	Terrir by Marcelo Amado (Org.), Inês Montenegro (Goodreads Author) , Rui Leite (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	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
	Ficções Phantasticas 3 by Álvaro de Sousa Holstein (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marcelina Gama Leandro (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Rui Alex (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	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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His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials, #1-3)

by Philip Pullman

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Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures #1)

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a Plunge.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Imp of the Perverse

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“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: humor

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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: humor, scifi

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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