I read about 3 chapters and couldn’t take anymore. Atlas shrugged abridged version is better. Rand had a strange take on people as if they lived in a soap opera and Republicans take that as reality.
No doubt they are masterpieces of a sort, but I couldn’t get through them. I found more reality in my Science Fiction reading. So where Rand was concerned, I shrugged.
I read Atlas Shrugged three or four times (imprecise because I skipped the bleeding monolog at least once). As escapist fiction, it was enjoyable to temporarily allow the premises and take it as a big comic book fantasy. Her other books don’t fare so well. I re-read The Fountainhead, but by the end, it was becoming tedious. Part of We, The Living have some entertainment value.
Anthem is probably the most concentrated lump of pretentious hooey I’ve ever finished, and nothing I’ve yet encountered could make me revisit that mess. It’s like being trapped next to the exhaust vent of a dry cleaner for an hour.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 8 years ago
I read about 3 chapters and couldn’t take anymore. Atlas shrugged abridged version is better. Rand had a strange take on people as if they lived in a soap opera and Republicans take that as reality.
Thomas R. Williams over 8 years ago
Not a suitable substitute—the prose style is too lucid.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 8 years ago
No doubt they are masterpieces of a sort, but I couldn’t get through them. I found more reality in my Science Fiction reading. So where Rand was concerned, I shrugged.
jpozenel over 8 years ago
I think that this is very suitable as a substitute…a real time saver!
Red Ruffensor over 8 years ago
Are you bragging or complaining?
Kip W over 8 years ago
I read Atlas Shrugged three or four times (imprecise because I skipped the bleeding monolog at least once). As escapist fiction, it was enjoyable to temporarily allow the premises and take it as a big comic book fantasy. Her other books don’t fare so well. I re-read The Fountainhead, but by the end, it was becoming tedious. Part of We, The Living have some entertainment value.
Anthem is probably the most concentrated lump of pretentious hooey I’ve ever finished, and nothing I’ve yet encountered could make me revisit that mess. It’s like being trapped next to the exhaust vent of a dry cleaner for an hour.
BadVlad over 8 years ago
Now that I’ve actually read something by Ayn Rand, there is 4 seconds of my life that I will never get back.
bigplayray about 4 years ago
I love the randomness of this strip!