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I read both The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and wasn't impressed by either. The author never got the "show, not tell" memo. Long, long speeches. (In the m
by Animats 2y ago
I read both The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and wasn't impressed by either. The author never got the "show, not tell" memo. Long, long speeches.
(In the movie version of The Fountainhead, Howard Roarke's architecture is terrible. His buildings resemble 1960s US housing projects such as the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago. There's good minimalism, but that's not it.)
- gavinray 2y agoMy Ayn Rand "unpopular opinion" is that Atlas Shrugged is a wordier, less interesting The Fountainhead. Wouldn't suggest anyone read Atlas Shrugged, saying this as someone who also read Peikoff's "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand" Just read The Fountainhead and imagine that with trains and the railroad. "Anthem" is a short read and also pretty solid.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoEach one was further dumbed-down, according to an interview of hers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18203189 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18203189
- gizzlon 2y agohehe, that's one way to answer criticism. Atlas Shrugged just needed a good editor, or someone else, to cut it down to the same size as The Fountain head
- cryptonector 2y agoPretty much. Plus her approach to love is completely off-putting and inhumane.