Riv Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Do you guys like her stuff? I've read them all except We The Living. Fountainhead was my favorite, but I really liked Atlas Shrugged. Does anyone notice that Atlas Shrugged gets made fun of a lot because people don't like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Currently reading The Fountain Head.....and my friends like look at the book and think i'm crazy. lol.... SO far it's REALLY good and I like it alot! Mr. Roark......so super wicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riv Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 QUOTE (D-13 @ Sep 16 2004, 04:02 PM) Currently reading The Fountain Head.....and my friends like look at the book and think i'm crazy. lol.... SO far it's REALLY good and I like it alot! Mr. Roark......so super wicked! I love that one. I've read it 7 or 8 times. Atlas Shrugged is too long to read again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 QUOTE (Rivendell @ Sep 16 2004, 04:04 PM) QUOTE (D-13 @ Sep 16 2004, 04:02 PM) Currently reading The Fountain Head.....and my friends like look at the book and think i'm crazy. lol.... SO far it's REALLY good and I like it alot! Mr. Roark......so super wicked! I love that one. I've read it 7 or 8 times. Atlas Shrugged is too long to read again. What is atlas shrugged about? HOLY! 7-8 times you have read The Fountain Head! woa....thats good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetmiracle Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Atlas Shrugged is my favorite. It's about what happens when all the bright, talented, motivated people go on strike.....It's a long read, maybe could have used some editing, (Miss Rand said, "What? Would you edit the Bible??") but it is fun. We the Living is good. Has anyone read any of her non-fiction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 QUOTE (Sweetmiracle @ Sep 16 2004, 04:23 PM) Atlas Shrugged is my favorite. It's about what happens when all the bright, talented, motivated people go on strike.....It's a long read, maybe could have used some editing, (Miss Rand said, "What? Would you edit the Bible??") but it is fun. We the Living is good. Has anyone read any of her non-fiction? Thanks for the info! I like that quote too! I'm gonna go and buy that after I read The Fountain Head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riv Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 QUOTE (Sweetmiracle @ Sep 16 2004, 04:23 PM) Has anyone read any of her non-fiction? I haven't...but I'd like to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladirushfan80 Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 (edited) i had tried to read atlas shrugged many many years ago... my dad was impressed so much he wanted to read it again when i was finished... i never could get into it, so i just passed it over to him.... i think i may try again, i was pretty young at the time i tried, and i just had no patience for such a huge book... i picked up the founainhead this summer at a garage sale.... i'm still trying to get thru 2 other books before i get into that one.... Edited September 17, 2004 by ladirushfan80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Man Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 (edited) I've read Atlas Shrugged (twice), The Fountain Head, We The Living & Nathem. They were all good. I liked Atlas the best. It has really great ideas. As I was reading it I kept thinking "Wow, I'm not the only one who thinks this way". It really made me think. One of my favorite lines is: There are no bad jobs, there are only bad workers. That isn't the excat wording but it's close. She had some good ideas. The FountainHead is sort of the same story as Atlas Shrugged but it's presented in simpler terms & is a much easier read. Atlas Shrugged is on my top 5 list of best books I have read. Edited June 15, 2006 by Digital Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetmiracle Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Atlas Shrugged is the second-most-influential book of all time, a distant second to the Bible, according to a survey of 5,000 Book-of-the-Month Club members taken a decade ago for the Library of Congress. It was also named on of the most influential books in America by the Boston Public Library. A movie is being made. "Brother you asked for it!" I love Francisco D'Anconia!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riv Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 QUOTE (Sweetmiracle @ Sep 17 2004, 09:59 AM) Atlas Shrugged is the second-most-influential book of all time, a distant second to the Bible, according to a survey of 5,000 Book-of-the-Month Club members taken a decade ago for the Library of Congress. It was also named on of the most influential books in America by the Boston Public Library. A movie is being made. "Brother you asked for it!" I love Francisco D'Anconia!!! Wow, really? Can't wait to see the movie...although I don't want to ruin my "image" of the secret place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 QUOTE (Rivendell @ Sep 17 2004, 09:03 AM) QUOTE (Sweetmiracle @ Sep 17 2004, 09:59 AM) Atlas Shrugged is the second-most-influential book of all time, a distant second to the Bible, according to a survey of 5,000 Book-of-the-Month Club members taken a decade ago for the Library of Congress. It was also named on of the most influential books in America by the Boston Public Library. A movie is being made. "Brother you asked for it!" I love Francisco D'Anconia!!! Wow, really? Can't wait to see the movie...although I don't want to ruin my "image" of the secret place. Crap, now you guys made me have to go read a book, I dont wanna be spoiled by a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riv Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 The book is great, you won't be sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Man Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 QUOTE (Rivendell @ Sep 17 2004, 09:03 AM) Wow, really? Can't wait to see the movie...although I don't want to ruin my "image" of the secret place. I think the Yosemite Valley would be a good "Secret Place" with the entrances closed off. Hopefully it will bew more like a miniseries than a movie. Can't see all the ideas getting across in 2-3 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetmiracle Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Galt's Gulch is based on Ouray, Colorado. They have a yearly Ayn Rand festival there. For movie info, go to: Miss Liberty For fun casting cues: casting For FAQs on the book: FAQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madra sneachta Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 I've read Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, but personally, my favourite AR book is Anthem. The whole "Dystopic Novel" genre is one I like a lot, with Anthem up there beside Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We", Huxley's "Brave New World", Ira Levin's "This Perfect Day", and the grandaddy of them, Orwell's "1984". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetmiracle Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 I've always wondered what Ayn thought about Rush....especially since probably everyoneI know who's heard of Rand did so because of Rush. 2112 was the best advertising she ever got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostGirl Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 I'm ashamed to say I've read NONE of her books. I'm duly inspired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetmiracle Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Sep 20 2004, 10:59 AM) I'm ashamed to say I've read NONE of her books. I'm duly inspired. Enjoy yourself!! AS is a fun read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riv Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Sep 20 2004, 04:59 PM) I'm ashamed to say I've read NONE of her books. I'm duly inspired. So did you? And what happened to the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro2112 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Let's hope the movie doesn't get made. Rand does not translate well at all to the big screen. Remember fountainhead? What a disaster. Most of Rands great ideas in her books come from the multiple page monologue's of the characters in the books. Huge speeches like that come off miserably in films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riv Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 QUOTE (pedro2112 @ Feb 5 2006, 07:40 PM) Let's hope the movie doesn't get made. Rand does not translate well at all to the big screen. Remember fountainhead? What a disaster. Most of Rands great ideas in her books come from the multiple page monologue's of the characters in the books. Huge speeches like that come off miserably in films. Ah, you're right. I forgot about that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestand Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I'm in the middle of writing a research paper on her. Thesis question, "Could Rand's philosophy be applied to today's society?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riv Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 QUOTE (thestand @ Feb 5 2006, 08:03 PM) I'm in the middle of writing a research paper on her. Thesis question, "Could Rand's philosophy be applied to today's society?" Absolutely it could. Post your paper when it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnalschick Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I think the woman is brilliant. I haven't made it yet to The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged, but have read We the Living, Anthem, and The Virtue of Selfishness. They're all awesome Ya know, maybe Fountainhead will be my next read...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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