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Archaea · 01-21-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

My fiction is more Dostoevsky than Rand.

I don't mind Rand's fiction, but I find her philosophy lightweight.

Here is a good summary why to reject her "objectivism."

http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/rand.htm

malapert · 01-23-2008, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

I don't mind Rand's fiction, but I find her philosophy lightweight.

Here is a good summary why to reject her "objectivism."

http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/rand.htm

An interesting and helpful piece, but the black (metal) background and the yellow lettering were challenging to the eyes.

Colly Wolly · 03-02-2008, 02:52 AM

I'm about halfway through the Fountainhead, and it has finally really pulled me in. It took a while for Rand to set the stage, lay out all the players and their motives, but now the story is really gripping me. Howard Roark is awesome.

Colly Wolly · 03-16-2008, 01:17 AM

So I just finished The Fountainhead. Pretty powerful book, I feel like it's reinforced alot of my core values by making me think about them a bit differently. Great book. Loved Howard Roark's courtroom speech at the end.

Now on to Atlas Shrugged!

Colly Wolly · 09-28-2008, 02:52 AM

I took me six months, but I finally finished Atlas Shrugged. I got sucked into a kind-of last minute opportunity to enroll in a part-time MBA program, so my alot of my free time in the spring and summer was spent prepping my application. Things have been busy with work and school, but I got it done.

I liked the Fountainhead a bit better. It "moved" me more. Atlas Shrugged was good, and I'm glad I read it, but I won't read it again. The ending was a bit anti-climactic.

I picked up a copy of The Brothers Karamazov at Barnes and Noble tonight for $9.99. It'll be slow going, but I'm looking forward to it.

RockyBalboa · 09-28-2008, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Colly Wolly

I took me six months, but I finally finished Atlas Shrugged. I got sucked into a kind-of last minute opportunity to enroll in a part-time MBA program, so my alot of my free time in the spring and summer was spent prepping my application. Things have been busy with work and school, but I got it done.

I liked the Fountainhead a bit better. It "moved" me more. Atlas Shrugged was good, and I'm glad I read it, but I won't read it again. The ending was a bit anti-climactic.

I picked up a copy of The Brothers Karamazov at Barnes and Noble tonight for $9.99. It'll be slow going, but I'm looking forward to it.

Atlas Shrugged was like reading Stereo instructions and was overly repetitive.

BigFatMeanie · 09-29-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Colly Wolly

I took me six months, but I finally finished Atlas Shrugged. I got sucked into a kind-of last minute opportunity to enroll in a part-time MBA program, so my alot of my free time in the spring and summer was spent prepping my application. Things have been busy with work and school, but I got it done.

I liked the Fountainhead a bit better. It "moved" me more. Atlas Shrugged was good, and I'm glad I read it, but I won't read it again. The ending was a bit anti-climactic.

I picked up a copy of The Brothers Karamazov at Barnes and Noble tonight for $9.99. It'll be slow going, but I'm looking forward to it.

Bros. K. put me right to sleep. Dostoevsky just isn't my thing.

03-02-2008, 02:52 AM	#3
Colly Wolly Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,281	I'm about halfway through the Fountainhead, and it has finally really pulled me in. It took a while for Rand to set the stage, lay out all the players and their motives, but now the story is really gripping me. Howard Roark is awesome.

03-16-2008, 01:17 AM	#4
Colly Wolly Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,281	So I just finished The Fountainhead. Pretty powerful book, I feel like it's reinforced alot of my core values by making me think about them a bit differently. Great book. Loved Howard Roark's courtroom speech at the end. Now on to Atlas Shrugged!

09-28-2008, 02:52 AM	#5
Colly Wolly Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,281	I took me six months, but I finally finished Atlas Shrugged. I got sucked into a kind-of last minute opportunity to enroll in a part-time MBA program, so my alot of my free time in the spring and summer was spent prepping my application. Things have been busy with work and school, but I got it done. I liked the Fountainhead a bit better. It "moved" me more. Atlas Shrugged was good, and I'm glad I read it, but I won't read it again. The ending was a bit anti-climactic. I picked up a copy of The Brothers Karamazov at Barnes and Noble tonight for $9.99. It'll be slow going, but I'm looking forward to it.