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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:44 AM Original message |
Anybody here ever read Ayn Rand books? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Anthem is at least tolerably short and is an okayish dystopian tale |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. They're all like two feet thick. |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've read 'em all |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. Read "Two Girls Fat and Thin" by Mary Gaitskill, |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 05:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Great Book And Bad Behavior Is A Must Read! |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Yes, enjoyed "Bad Behavior" also, |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. some of the fanciest drivel i ever seen in print, i think she thought... |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've read some of her philosophy, and critiques of her philosophy |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Your link took me to Microsoft.com, twice |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I typed it wrong, sorry. Try it again. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. I've read her fiction |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. I tried to read the Fountainhead. Like a bodice ripper for neocons. |
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Kid OfThe Black Hole (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. If there's no "growth in your hero" |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I am, god that book sucked. |
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Kid OfThe Black Hole (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. sorry, I was just making a lame joke lol |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Like I said - the more and more powerful hero - didn't stop to learn |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 05:06 AM Response to Original message |
12. I read "Atlas Shrugged". The horror, the horror. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. lol, you know, she was originally going to call it 'The Strike' but her |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It IS a better title. |
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Lefergus70 (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
13. Fountainhead made my blood boil. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Thanks for telling me the end. I never made it that far. |
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Conan_The_Barbarian (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. no offense |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. I read them all when I was in high school. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
15. Under duress in college |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. Iread Atlas Shrugged, and I really LIKED it |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
20. I did, until I found out the people |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. I read Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged years ago |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. Warmed over Neitzsche |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. I won't tell you not to read them, |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. It's hilariously juvenile sophistry couched in bodice-ripping plots. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Absolutely agree |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It's unbearable. |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. "Mozart Was A Red" is a hilarious spoof of the Randroids |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. I like the "floating head of Ayn Rand" |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. She confuses me (minor AS spoiler) |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Its very instructive. It will teach you exactly where conservatives |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ughhhh. Very toxic. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. I know people who think they're what the bible OUGHT to be... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Ayn Rand vs. HypnoToad. Hypnotoad wins! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. Once you turn 21, you're too old |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Absolutely! I NEVER mock a teenager for reading her work... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I would expect any thoughtful young person to go through a phase |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged - And I Enjoyed Them |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. yes, several of them |
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hopein08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. I read "We The Living" and really liked it...a lot! And then... |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. We the Living is her best book |
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NYdemocrat089 (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I just finished "We the Living" for English and I liked it. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. here's my opinion |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I agree with you about the literary qualities of both Rand and Buckley... |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
50. Read [i]Sewer, Gas and Electric[/i] by Matt Ruff instead |
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Conan_The_Barbarian (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
51. a somewhat interesting read. |
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