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Old 10-28-2005, 08:38 AM
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Default Re: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Who is John Galt?
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Old 10-28-2005, 08:41 AM
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Default Re: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

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the guy banging Dagny Taggart.
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Old 10-28-2005, 08:41 AM
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Default Re: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

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Oh and the John Galt diatribe towards the end of the book is wayyyy too long.
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Old 10-28-2005, 08:47 AM
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Default Re: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

So apparently allegory is over your head. Doesn't mean the book sucks.

It's a great book.
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Old 10-28-2005, 08:48 AM
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Oh and the John Galt diatribe towards the end of the book is wayyyy too long.

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Agreed. I admit I just scanned those 40 or so pages. I enjoyed her view on how a society that abandons capitalism will eventually deteriorate.
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Old 10-28-2005, 09:10 AM
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Default Re: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

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It's like 10% of the book. Yuck.
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Old 10-28-2005, 09:16 AM
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Default Re: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

I read it and really enjoyed it before I fully understood the implications of what I was reading.

I returned to it a few years later, and was both disgusted by Ayn Rand's perspective, and bored to tears by the shoddy writing.

Also, if you've read the Fountainhead, you've already read Atlas Shrugged.
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Old 10-28-2005, 10:39 AM
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very good book, but not ayn rand's best. fountainhead was great, and anthem is good for a quick read.
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Old 10-28-2005, 10:39 AM
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It's a good book. I didn't love it or hate it - The Fountainhead is much better IMO.

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Old 10-28-2005, 10:57 AM
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I am naming my first born Roark after the main character in the Fountainhead. Atlas didnt quite do that to me so much.
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