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My Ayn Rand "unpopular opinion" is that Atlas Shrugged is a wordier, less interesting The Fountainhead. Wouldn't suggest anyone read Atlas Shrugged, saying thi
by gavinray 2y ago
My 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