More on Paulo Coelho
Aug. 12th, 2007 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sub_dividedI got a message from a Paulo Coelho fan inviting me to "enter his universe":
http://sub-divided.livejournal.com/112702.html?thread=1271102#t1271102
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warriors_light, short for "Warriors of Light." I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand, I did put forward a generally positive opinion on "The Alchemist," and googling "Paulo Coelho" and "livejournal" puts me on the second page of search results, so it's not like you would have to be an uber-dedicated obsessive to find that entry and comment on it.
On the other hand: why do I feel like I'm being recruited into some kind of cult?! "Warriors of Light," isn't that name a little creepy? Combined with the cult-like symbol of the sword bisecting the circle, and the close personal relationship some of the WoL posters seem to have with the Canon of Paulo Coelho, doesn't the whole thing seem a bit...overly intense?
Gahhhh. Can't I just say that on the whole, I enjoyed the book, thought it was interesting, and was glad I read it, without somehow indicating that I subscribe in any way, shape, or form to the author's personal philosophy? Or that I have a particular desire to read any of his other works?
No?
Next up: Amitav Ghosh, The Glass Palace. After this I'll only have The United States of Argula, Daniel Brook's The Trap, and Tanith Lee's Paradys series left to blog about, yay. (And all books I read more than a month ago, but shh.)
http://sub-divided.livejournal.com/112702.html?thread=1271102#t1271102
The livejournal community is
warriors_light, short for "Warriors of Light." I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand, I did put forward a generally positive opinion on "The Alchemist," and googling "Paulo Coelho" and "livejournal" puts me on the second page of search results, so it's not like you would have to be an uber-dedicated obsessive to find that entry and comment on it. On the other hand: why do I feel like I'm being recruited into some kind of cult?! "Warriors of Light," isn't that name a little creepy? Combined with the cult-like symbol of the sword bisecting the circle, and the close personal relationship some of the WoL posters seem to have with the Canon of Paulo Coelho, doesn't the whole thing seem a bit...overly intense?
Gahhhh. Can't I just say that on the whole, I enjoyed the book, thought it was interesting, and was glad I read it, without somehow indicating that I subscribe in any way, shape, or form to the author's personal philosophy? Or that I have a particular desire to read any of his other works?
No?
Next up: Amitav Ghosh, The Glass Palace. After this I'll only have The United States of Argula, Daniel Brook's The Trap, and Tanith Lee's Paradys series left to blog about, yay. (And all books I read more than a month ago, but shh.)