What books are you all reading this weekend? Any topic counts!
441 sats \ 4 replies \ @dgy 23 Mar
The Atlas Maneuver by Steve Berry. It's a thriller aound Bitcoin. There is an interview available with the author on the What is Money show.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stackerjim 23 Mar
Nice one, just finished this. Definitely a fun read for bitcoiners.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @pillar 23 Mar
Does it have anything to do with Atlas Shrugged?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dgy 24 Mar
No, the novels are not linked.
Atlas in this novel refers to the Atlas mountains whereas in Atlas shrugged Atlas refers to Greek mythology. In Greek mythology Atlas is the titan that is holding up the heavens.
The Atlas Maneuver is a (spy) thriller where as Atlas shrugged is a dystopian novel like 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451 etc.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 23 Mar
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171 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 23 Mar
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 23 Mar
I've always wondered: is TM a real person? Do you know?
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277 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 24 Mar
Insights gained so far:
- We are raising adults, not kids
- Instead of anxiously trying to control our kids, let’s concentrate on what we can control - calming our own emotional, knee-jerk reactions
- We have a far greater responsibility to our children than we have for them.
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110 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 23 Mar
The Ware Tetralogy by Randy Tucker
Just starting it, so don't really have much to say. First SciFi book I've read in a while (maybe ever?) that starts in a retirement community with a bunch of old folks sitting around.
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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 23 Mar
The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot.
This is, Imo, one of the best poems of 20 th century.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 23 Mar
Absolutely. I'm also a fan of Wendy Cope's delightful "Wasteland Limericks"
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In April one seldom feels cheerful;
Dry stones, sun and dust make me fearful;
Clairvoyantes distress me,
Commuters depress me--
Met Stetson and gave him an earful.
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She sat on a mighty fine chair,
Sparks flew as she tidied her hair;
She asks many questions,
I make few suggestions--
Bad as Albert and Lil--what a pair!
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The Thames runs, bones rattle, rats creep;
Tiresias fancies a peep--
A typist is laid,
A record is played--
Wei la la. After this it gets deep.
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A Phoenician named Phlebas forgot
About birds and his business--the lot,
Which is no surprise,
Since he'd met his demise
And been left in the ocean to rot.
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No water. Dry rocks and dry throats,
Then thunder, a shower of quotes
From the Sanskrit and Dante.
Da. Damyata. Shantih.
I hope you'll make sense of the notes.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 23 Mar
Part four of The Wheel of Time: The Shadow Rising
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 23 Mar
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 23 Mar
Big Time: A Novel By Ben H. Winters.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @oliverweiss 23 Mar
We should all be feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Should_All_Be_Feminists
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 24 Mar
Plot:
During the 21st century, following global warming, which resulted in the deviation of the Gulf Stream, an increase in pollution levels, and devastating religious wars, the conditions on Earth seriously degraded. Concurrently, huge technological advances were made for Humanity, particularly the invention of the "Benevides Transfer", which allows faster-than-light space travel. As a result, new Earth-like planets, potentially colonisable, were discovered.
Millions of dollars have been invested in these colonization projects by private companies. The first to inhabit the new colonies are selected following reconnaissance missions to the newly discovered planets, and the United Nations has put in place a charter regulating the colonization of new planets. Most notably, colonization must cease should the planet be found to harbor one, or potentially several species considered to be evolved, defined as a species which has discovered fire and can produce tools.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_of_Aldebaran
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @oraltosun 24 Mar
Cats of the ancient city of Ephesus.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 23 Mar
Don’t take life too seriously!
Jack Handey is an American humorist and author. He is best known for Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey, which appeared on Saturday Night Live. His other books include The Stench of Honolulu, What I’d Say to the Martians, Deeper Thoughts, All New, and Deepest Thoughts: So Deep They Squeak.
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