Who Is John Galt?

[Nihil Obstat]

Discuss.

[T-Bone _]

Please tell me that you don't actually read that tripe.

[Selah]

dar de-dar dar

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='T-Bone _' date='09 October 2009 - 12:55 PM' timestamp='1255110927' post='1981775']
Please tell me that you don't actually read that tripe.
[/quote]
I've tried twice to get through Atlas Shrugged, but I just can't manage it. I didn't mind We the Living. She is pretty crazy, but sometimes it's nice to read a giant left wing bash for hours on end.
I much prefer Terry Goodkind.

[journeyman]

A=A

[rachael]

love ayn rand.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='rachael' date='29 October 2009 - 09:47 AM' timestamp='1256827661' post='1993321']
love ayn rand.
[/quote]
She is a bit full of herself.

[rachael]

yes, but her theories are interesting nonetheless.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='rachael' date='29 October 2009 - 10:55 AM' timestamp='1256831759' post='1993340']
yes, but her theories are interesting nonetheless.
[/quote]
Interesting for sure, but I consider her a little bit nuts.

[rachael]

as many great writers are/were.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='rachael' date='29 October 2009 - 12:23 PM' timestamp='1256837035' post='1993373']
as many great writers are/were.
[/quote]
Touche.

[rachael]

I finished up The Picture of Dorian Grey a few weeks ago. Oscar Wilde had some issues.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='rachael' date='29 October 2009 - 12:50 PM' timestamp='1256838619' post='1993390']
I finished up The Picture of Dorian Grey a few weeks ago. Oscar Wilde had some issues.
[/quote]
I like Poe.

[MithLuin]

[i]The Fountainhead[/i] is propaganda, pure and simple. It was amusing to watch her try to appeal to the everyman by convincing the reader that you are really one of the elite. In other words, it's easier to accept her classed society if you think you are on the side of the geniuses. Stroking the ego, much?

A friend of mine has Ayn as her middle name; guess who she's named after?

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='MithLuin' date='29 October 2009 - 01:39 PM' timestamp='1256841590' post='1993411']
[i]The Fountainhead[/i] is propaganda, pure and simple. It was amusing to watch her try to appeal to the everyman by convincing the reader that you are really one of the elite. In other words, it's easier to accept her classed society if you think you are on the side of the geniuses. Stroking the ego, much?

A friend of mine has Ayn as her middle name; guess who she's named after?
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...but everyone *is* an elite!

That's a good point, I do get that impression from her. "YOU are an honest, hardworking person, and everyone else just wants YOUR hard earned money!"

[rachael]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='29 October 2009 - 01:29 PM' timestamp='1256840982' post='1993403']
I like Poe.
[/quote]
Me too. And George Orwell, Plath, and pretty much anything messed up.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='rachael' date='02 November 2009 - 10:42 AM' timestamp='1257180175' post='1995247']
Me too. And George Orwell, Plath, and pretty much anything messed up.
[/quote]
Hunting of the Snark?

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='rachael' date='02 November 2009 - 11:42 AM' timestamp='1257180175' post='1995247']
Me too. And George Orwell, Plath, and pretty much anything messed up.
[/quote]
I like Orwell and Plath.
And Kafka, though I haven't read much of him.

[elizabeth09]

I like Poe "The Raven."

Edited November 6, 2009 by elizabeth09

[T-Bone _]

[quote name='elizabeth09' date='06 November 2009 - 09:37 AM' timestamp='1257525455' post='1997128']
I like Poe "The Raven."
[/quote]

I ran over a raven once.