O Grande Livro do Maravilhoso e do Fantástico

“Incredible but true stories, of men, nature, Earth and space” The great book of wonder and (all things) fantastic was the very first book I read. Firstly when I was 5, I used to browse through all its approx 600 pages reading bits here and there. One day I decided to read it begining to end - I did that a handful of times in my life. It’s got short stories and reports about almost anything curious, excentric, unknown, mysterious and why not bizarre. I can honestly say that my passion for the strange began in 1981 when I first got my hands on this gem. It was published by Reader Digest from Portugal, and its stilted vocabulary was fascinating. There I was, 5 years old reading words like ‘embustes’, ‘charlatães’ and ‘reperspectivação’ - the latter never used by me, ever. It’s still my all time favourite book and it still amazes me, even living in a time where people think all answers can be found on Google or Wikipedia - this is where you get the questions :) On a side note, please mind the graphic accent on ‘Fanstático’, not above the letter but after it…