<p>So, anyone out there interested in her and discussing her books?</p>
<p>How has reading her books impacted you?</p>
<p>Taggart's interested.</p>
<p>Haha. At one time I was interested in Ayn Rand, but that was mostly because I had a secret crush on an Objectivist and admired him to no end. So what ended up happening was I bought all her books (even the nonfiction, and Peikoff's Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand) and couldn't get past page 200 (because all the fiction books were so damn long and I knew the endings from the nonfiction books anyway).</p>
<p>So now I have a whole shelf-full of Ayn Rand books that I've barely read :D</p>
<p>My D put "Atlas Shrugged" at the top of her all-time favorite books list after reading it this fall....she and several classmates were really drawn to it. As a matter of curiousity (and because I've agreed with most of her other all-time-favorite picks), I read it, and do agree it was really a good book. As being a hardened old geezer, it wasn't as world-rocking to me as it was to my 17-year-old, but I do agree that it is worth reading to anyone who doesn't get intimidated by its sheer girth. (and I did buy her "Who is John Galt" buttons for stocking stuffers for Christmas last year!) Is Fountainhead as good? I'm looking for a copy with print that's big enough to read, even with my old-lady glasses. Atlas Shrugged nearly killed me.</p>
<p>I read the Fountainhead before Atlas Shrugged; it was my favorite until then, and is now my 2nd favorite book. In other words, it's awesome.</p>
<p>I hate Ayn Rand. I actually did give all her books a chance, but she has some WEIRD neuroses, man.</p>
<p>I read Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead early this year and really enjoyed them! even though they're really long, they seemed to go really quickly and didn't feel that long.</p>
<p>So this is where Alan Greenspan gained his ideas.</p>
<p>Read both. A bit unrealistic but still highly entertaining.</p>
<p>I love her writing style, not so much all her ideas, though I agree with a lot of them. The whole "I'm narrow minded and proud of it" doesn't really sound nice.</p>
<p>I tried reading one of her books. It was Atlas Shrugged, I think. If I had been more motivated I would have finished it, but the book was like 2000 pages in size 8 font and I had so much to do.</p>
<p>I'm reading her nonfiction book The Virtue of Selfishness. It's pretty good, although much of it seems like fluff and just repetition.</p>
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<p>heck yes. how'd you ever know? =P</p>
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<p>anytime.</p>
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<p>well, I wouldn't call myself an objectivist, but I really do agree with as much of rand's philosophy as I've seen -- it's as close as anyone's come. after reading her books, I felt for the first time as if I was staring into a mirror. she put what I thought and believed into words -- I felt like Cheryl when she met Dagny. and plus, being an immigrant from china, "We the Living" really spoke to me.</p>
<p>^Wow, that sucks.</p>
<p>o.O</p>
<p>what did?</p>
<p>The fact that her words happen to encapsulate someone's thoughts and beliefs.</p>
<p>I see nothing sad about it. =] though to clarify -- I'm not a rabid cult worshiper.</p>
<p>I think you may have sent me a link to facebook a while back.</p>
<p>Rabid cult worshiper? Of course not! Obviously it's a legitimate belief system. If it weren't valid, there wouldn't be tons of objectivist clubs and organizations out there in our society (on college campus, in general, etc.). I just find it sad that people agree with it :(</p>
<p>bah. what's there not to like?</p>
<p>haha, I feel slightly guilty hijacking the thread like this.</p>
<p>It's fine. I just don't think it should be a basis for public policy.</p>