I started this book five times.I gave up 5 years ago.
So you learned nothing the first four times?
My gf in college was absolutely batshit for Rand. I read that crap to be polite. Then when she demanded to know what i thought, i said: "Interesting." She eventually dropped the subject, permanently. Not long after, she dropped me, permanently. Losing her and never reading Rand again proved to be an important turn for the better in my life.
Amigo wrote:I started this book five times.I gave up 5 years ago.
there's hope yet. Ms. Rand was working on a film version. maybe some hollywood actor will become a devotee and realize Ms. Rand's epic vision.
Hollywood! I don't know maaan. maybe i'll read a smaller book of her's
all of her books were quite small (minded) but close to her ego.
I read Rand in 64, was momentarily impressed, then grew a little and moved past it.
The Fountainhead was filmed in 1949, with Gary Cooper. Rand wrote the screenplay, so no one can contend it was not what she wanted. It is one of the most turgid and boring melodramatic soap operas ever filmed--just like all of her books.
Atlas Shrugged has been acquired. Google it, and you'll find all sorts of excited dweebs who are fired up about it.
Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal fail to end the tedium in Rand's 1949 potboiler.
Hell, I ain't gonna read now. Not after the last four post.
The dweebs will forever be canonized by Objectivists, forever ridiculed by the rest.
ebrown_p wrote:Whoever holds the copyright to Atlas Shrugged should release it to the public domain as a service to humanity.
There's really no need to offend any Objectivists who might be on this board. Public domain, service to humanity, my arm!
Thomas-Yeah!
Anyhow, I have to agree that the The Fountainhead was one boring movie. That does not take away from the fact that the book was wonderful. It just did not translate well to film. It was one of the most stilted movies that I have ever seen.
Set- As a former student of Objectivism, I found that a lot of the general public does not really "get" Rand. Sweep past the melodramatic bullshit, and the fact that personally she was a megalomanic (my opinion)and she had a lot of good stuff to say.
Actually, the person I give a lot of credit to, is Nathaniel Branden, her former "heir", whom she repudiated in the late sixties. He really codified her philosophy, in a reasonable, understandable way.
i need ebook of Atlas shrugged. if any 1 hav it plz mail me
How much is it worth to you?
the ebooks are available in the site called esnips.com
@ebrown p,
That is pretty funny.
I'm about half-way through the book, and have been for about a year, maybe I'll haul it out of the basement tonight and try to finish it over the next few weeks.
@Phoenix32890,
Phoenix32890 wrote:Cliff's notes are a way to get to know about a work, without ever reading it.
by far the best way to errrrrr appreciate any of Rand's Harlequin romances
