Linoge shares with us a couple passages from his current read.
“The woman with the earrings”. Indeed.
Oh, while at the bookstore last night, it was pretty cool to see a big display for Atlas Shrugged. A big “WHO IS JOHN GALT?” staring you down when you entered the store.
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Be advised, to anyone who would venture into reading it: Atlas Shrugged, as a novel, is pure, unadulterated crap. Characters are two-, if not one-dimensional, the plot and its development are beyond formulaic, and Ayn puts across her ideas with the skill and finesse of a metric tonne of bricks falling out of the sky.
But there are a few good quotes in it.
This made me think of rat studies by John Calhoun in the 60’s:
Quoting Wikipedia:
“During his studies, Calhoun coined the term “behavioral sink” to describe aberrant behaviors in overcrowded population density situations and “beautiful ones” to describe passive individuals who withdrew from all social interaction.”
Oops… I directed my comment to the wrong post. Sorry!
OK I was wondering…. I was scratching my head trying to place this. 🙂
As we can easily see Ayn Rand’s critics still bash away. While others see meaning in what she wrote about…
And as we can easily see, Ayn Rand’s fanboys still senselessly lash out at anyone daring to question her.
Her writing skills as a novelist completely and utterly suck. However, I made no mention of her overall philosophy, thought process, or beliefs – most of which, I would point out, I agree with.
As a thinker, Ayn ranks up there with some of the best. As a novelist (which is specifically what I was referring to, if you had bothered to actually read my comment), though, she is outdone by the likes of Leslie McFarlane.
Personally, I thought We the living was pretty good. Admittedly though, most of her work that I have read had to do with Objectivism Theory and such. Sorry for misinterpreting what you wrote.