mrcreed He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
my brain
7 months ago
is too filled with heavy stuff right now…i dont have the energy to tackle this now…=(
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How to read Ayn Rand's Atlas shrugged
It made me
delightfully edified
 "After losing my virginity, reading Atlas Shrugged was the most personally important thing I did in 2009."
How I did it: I had a lot of train-riding to do when I was visiting Europe and I certainly wasn't going to just sit there doing nothing. No, I stuck my nose in that book and let it take hold of me. Lessons & tips: Just because the book is a classic and often sanctified by its fans doesn't mean there's nothing to poke fun at or enjoy because it's silly. There's a lot of humor there and the transparent preaching takes on a character of its own and if you just learn to appreciate that and laugh a bit, you find nothing but delight in this novel, even when John Galt is preaching for eighty straight pages and you're guiltily skimming to get to the actual end. |
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It made me
Preached at. 
How I did it: I sat down and decided I was going to read it. I'd liked Anthem, due to my weakness for dystopias, and never finished reading the Fountainhead, because I thought it was glorifying rape. Ugh. I liked Dagny and Rearden well enough, but John Galt was such a Mary Sue. And, by the way, don't stop the plot for a hundred pages to lecture about your political philosophy. Sheesh. Even though I agree with a lot of it, I still prefer not to be lectured at. Read how I did it…
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porfavornofubar is motivated, even if the wait is a little longer.
Need a copy?
7 months ago
I have a extra brand new one that I’m willing to mail to somebody in the U.S. on the condition that you’ll pass it on to somebody else who wants to read it when you’re done. If you would like it, send me a message with your mailing address – you don’t even have to include your real name so I can’t use it to endanger your life or privacy in any way. ;)
Update: Taken!
mrcreed He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
and after that
8 months ago
i think i will take a look at the discovery of freedom by rose wilder lane
mrcreed He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
i hearby do solemnly swear
9 months ago
to buy this friggin book the next time i am home and start reading it so i can report back to my 43t friends about it.
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mrcreed He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
Untitled
10 months ago
guess it would be more likely to happen if i actually bought a copy of the book
Audio book!
10 months ago
I don’t think I could have ever read this book cover to cover. But on a long car trip with my boyfriend we listened to it – all 12 hours! It was WELL WORTH IT. Especially in the kind of world we live in these days. I don’t agree with all of Ayn Rand’s philosophies but this book is a must read. However, I would definitely suggest it on tape and while traveling. :)
Oh, and it was the abridged version. However, Galt’s speech was still the full length.
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Read with an openmind
15 months ago
This book is definitely worth reading, but beware. If you read it at an impressionable time in your life as I did (freshman year of college), you may end up going a little off the deep end. I have to say, I went through some painful soul searching during and after reading this because I was totally convinced of the heroic natures of the protagonists, but couldn’t always find a way to emulate them in my life. As I worked through it, I realized that was because nothing in life is as black and white as Ms. Rand would like. So, while I ended up embracing some parts of the philosophy, there were others that I discarded. All in all, it was a good experience. Any book that can make you think that much, can’t be bad, right?
Don't have the time right now
2 years ago
I didn’t find Ayn Rand consistent…but then I have finished only part-I…i would come back to it later if interest persists
