9th
I once dumped a guy because he told me that The Fountainhead was his favorite book. That’s what I think of Ayn Rand.
I like to think of myself as not shallow or anything, but would also dump a guy if anything by Ayn Rand was a favorite book. I wonder if all the Rand fans have really read her stuff or if they jump on the bandwagon because it’s trendy. Like the HST or Kerouac (am not a fan of either and will admit it) groupies who think they’re one of the two reincarnated or something.
(via maxistentialist)
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”
I devoured The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged as a teenager. (OK, I elided over the 35 page monologue or whatever at the heart of AS, but still.) As a drama student, I proposed staging her play, The Night of January 16th.
But then I also read the entire Robert Ludlum oeuvre and at 17 tried to join the Army as a prelude to working for the CIA (luckily thwarted by parents who refused to sign the consent form).
Eventually, though, I ended up studying Philosophy at UC Santa Cruz. So, you know, hopefully they’ll grow out of it.
Who are we kidding. No one has ever finished Atlas Shrugged.
First off, three books: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was missing from above.
Also, I used to think Ayn Rand was awesome. I have finished Atlas Shrugged. And I’m actually rather grateful for it because it made The Illuminatus Trilogy that much funny.
Yes, there was a time when I thought Ayn Rand was awesome but now I’m a filthy socialist so you can get better.
