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For what it's worth, what makes me sneer at Atlas Shrugged is the awful, stilted dialog.
by aaronbrethorst 11y ago
For what it's worth, what makes me sneer at Atlas Shrugged is the awful, stilted dialog.
- vixen99 11y agoWhich just goes to show that authors with something to say should not be put off if they're 'stylistically challenged'. David Lindsay's Voyage to Arcturus is another glaring example. The dialogue is pathetic but the novel is an amazing tour de force.
- dmfdmf 11y agoI find it hard to believe that bad literary technique could elicit a sneer. Stilted dialog might result in, at most, bemused indifference or perhaps sadness at witnessing a failure. I'd bet you don't sneer at flat-earthers because they don't threaten your worldview. A sneer is reserved for much greater transgressions and you are afraid to admit that Rand's works, as art, presents a worldview that clashes with your own.