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Welcome to Books & Articles Weekly.
Sorry about the delay in posting this week’s edition. Travel and a bit of food poisoning messed up my schedule. Results for the territory were a little disappointing. It’s not a good sign when the prior Weekly winds up as the current week’s top post. Still, there was plenty of good content. Maybe this little bull run is making stackers gun shy about zapping.
Thanks to everyone who contributed.
There is a zap award for the top 5 posts weekly. It will be broken down as follows:
- 1000 sats
- 250 sats
- 250 sats
- 250 sats
- 250 sats
Posts will be judged using SN zaprank. The cut off time is 9:00am EST (1300GMT) Saturday morning. I will post the top 5 winners shortly around 9:00am every Saturday morning.
I reserve the right to not award any sats for the week. I also reserve the right to deny sat awards to bare link posts. I recognize that link posts can be valuable, so I will only only exercise discretion for low quality links that garner few sats or engagement from stackers.
Happy reading!
As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.
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Link to last week’s post:
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Top Posts Of The WeekTop Posts Of The Week
- Books & Articles Weekly, Issue 83 by @siggy47
- Max Hillebrand's Book Recommendations by @Kontext
- “Days at the Morisaki Bookstore” by @cryotosensei
- The Essential Thomas Pynchon by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
- [ ATOM ] Chapter 1: The Awakening by @TheFictionFactory
Siggy’s SuggestionsSiggy’s Suggestions
Enjoy @GreaterthanFiction’s latest offering. This steady flow of fiction mens so much for the territory, in my opinion.
Index Of Selected PostsIndex Of Selected Posts
Writing ContestsWriting Contests
Stackers’ BlogsStackers’ Blogs
My Bitcoin JourneyMy Bitcoin Journey
Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker’s bitcoin origin stories will be posted for easy reference.
- Grayruby’s Bitcoin story by @grayruby
- I Put ¼ Of A Bitcoin In A Landfill by @brandonsbytes
- From Selling Newspapers To Finding Bitcoin by @Coinsreporter
- My bitcoin journey by @Carreson
- "Who are you?" — How do I want to answer? by @IamSINGLE
- "My journey with Bitcoin: the experience of an ordinary Cuban" by @BTCLNAT
- Bitcoin Story - No, social media had nothing to do with it xD by @realBitcoinDog
Book ClubsBook Clubs
- Stoic Book Club:Meditations by @Se7enZ
- Jordan Peterson SN Bookclub -- We Who Wrestle With God by @denlillaapan
- Broken Money_ book club: index and reflection by @elvismercury
BooksBooks
- The Universal Good Deal by @cleophas
- Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
- The Final Product by @cleophas
- The Penal Preserve, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
- Happy The Hippo, an absolutely wonderful children’s book written by @cryotosensei for his son.
- The Rogue Scholar by @jbschirtzinger
- Submersible by @johnbnevin
- And Then She Disappears - Block 1 by @ginkgo
Book ReviewsBook Reviews
- Klara and the Sun | Book Review by @SimpleStacker
- “Days at the Morisaki Bookstore” by @cryotosensei
- “Tales from the Cafe” by @cryotosensei
- “Before the coffee gets cold” by @cryotosensei
- "Mindset" (Dr. Carol S. Dweck) by @cryotosensei
- Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong bookshop” by @cryotosensei
- SN Book Reviews: Categorized (Redux) by @SimpleStacker
Bitcoin Academic Articles & ReviewsBitcoin Academic Articles & Reviews
- Bitcoin Pricing, Adoption, and Usage: Theory and Evidence | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
- Minneapolis Fed Bitcoin Paper | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
- #745057 by @SimpleStacker
- Competition and trust in the private provision of money | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
Movie & Television ReviewsMovie & Television Reviews
- Sound of Freedom | Movie Review by @SimpleStacker
- Movie Review | “How to make millions before Grandma dies” by @cryotosensei
- Movie Review | “Culinary Class Wars” by @cryotosensei
- Movie Review | “Culinary Class Wars” by @cryotosensei
- El Encargado | Argentinian TV series | very good comedy by @DarthCoin
- The IT crowd | hillarious super funny comedy TV series by @DarthCoin
- Two TV series about the "Schrodinger's cat" theory by @DarthCoin
- From | Que sera, sera... | new season 3 TV series by @DarthCoin
- #734282 by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
EssaysEssays
- Prose piece | Running by @carlosfandango
- Prose piece | The storm by @carlosfandango
- Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
- Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
PoetryPoetry
- Saint Nicholas by @bitcoingraffiti
- The Secondary Land by @bitcoingraffiti
- The Tourism Consumerist Apex by @bitcoingraffiti
- Amsterdam by @bitcoingraffiti
- The Great Dali by @bitcoingraffiti
- I want to start a church by @bitcoingraffiti
- I am the Rat Man — Exterminate where i can by @bitcoingraffiti
- Which person is truly healthy & which one is poisoning me? by @bitcoingraffiti
- How to Grieve — The 5 Step Plan by @bitcoingraffiti
- [PM] I am a man smoking outside shops 🚬 by @bitcoingraffiti
- [PM] Why my waitress' gone awry by @bitcoingraffiti
- Reflections on the recent holiday by @plebpoet
- internet feelings by @ek
- Sorelle by @Myshkin
- Autunno by @Myshkin
- #411278 by @cryotosensei
- plebpoet’s original poem + discussion by @plebpoet
- a new kind of poem (that you can see 👀 and hear 🦻) by @plebpoet
- I am not man enough by @Nuttall
- If A Day Comes... by @Tef
- Let's pretend we loved each other by @Nadia
- That's MINE! Poetry. by @Malach17
- Silly rhymes written by a guy (maybe) fallen in love by @0268a5c238
Short StoriesShort Stories
- Stacker News Fiction Month by @Scoresby
- Taste of Freedom by @GreaterthanFiction
- Golden Silence by @TheFictionFactory
- The Great Delete by @TheFictionFactory
- Short story | The motel by @carlosfandango
- The poet and the reader || short story by
@02879c7d869 - 'little fictions' presents: Cowboys Don't Belong by @plebpoet
- Short Story: “Quarter” by Eduardo Prospero by @eduardopro
- Neo’s Adventure In The Digital Realm: Discovering The Treasure Of Bitcoin by @VEINTIUNO
Appreciate the shout out @siggy47 also hope the momentum in this territory only has temporary dwindled. Will keep writing if people keep reading and zapping! Welcome any specific feedback on the stories and what you’d like to see next.
I like the bitcoin fantasy stuff, but really, I think any subject matter you choose will be welcome. Stories set in the past and present could be interesting too, even if you decide to highlight the problems people experienced as a result of shitty fiat.
Thanks for those thoughts. I try to draw on current trends to project out into the future (the last one being inspired by OP_Return wars). Could explore more flashbacks to go between time periods though-stay tuned many more to come!
I'm looking forward to whatever you have in store for us.
I'm sorry, Siggy!
...I can't be running around IRL and carry the econ + books territories :/
(but there'll be an exclusive for you SOOOON!)
It can't be easy being a guy in such high demand.
I know ;/
Sounds exciting! Can’t wait!
Hope you are feeling better!
Thanks. I don't know what that was, but I was floored for a day or so. Either food poisoning or I picked something up on the plane. How are things with you? How are your hands doing?
It’s horrible to be laid low. Thanks for asking - I am ok. The pain comes and goes. Currently enjoying some rather effective anti-inflammatory jabs but it was a huge step for me to have them.
The dog is a good comfort but he would be a useless sled dog. I let him pull and then when I do let him go he sits down and wonders why…. he’s an odd breed for sure!
I'm glad you have gotten some relief. Sounds like the dog knows how good he has it and just wants to relax. He's no fool.