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In reply to the discussion: Is Atlas Shrugged worth reading? [View all]

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,999 posts)
7. Good Lord, no!
Mon Oct 24, 2016, 10:46 PM
Oct 2016

When I was sixteen, a twenty-four year old friend recommended that book to be very enthusiastically. I tried. God knows, I tried, but I couldn't get more than about 25 pages into it, because it was so dreadful.

I don't know why that friend was so taken with the book. I suspect she was genuinely intrigued by the ideas put forth (such as they are). The friend did not, I'm happy to note, become a Randian of any sort. Atlas Shrugged simply had no permanent affect on her.

Anyway, there are lots and lots of other books out there worth reading.

If you've never read "Generations" by Strauss and Howe, you should.

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I don't remember who said this quote, but here it is.... iscooterliberally Oct 2016 #1
The quote is from John Rogers GopherGal Nov 2016 #8
Thanks for the update & link. n/t iscooterliberally Nov 2016 #11
I've never read more than a few pages... so I'll offer neeksgeek Oct 2016 #2
Ms. Parker's pen was always razor sharp. TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #5
Zang! I love that! CrispyQ Jun 2017 #16
You answered your own question hermetic Oct 2016 #3
I've only read "Fountainhead" and that was years ago TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #4
If you are going to invest the time in an epic tome RaymondLuxuryYacht Oct 2016 #6
Good Lord, no! PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2016 #7
God no. Paladin Nov 2016 #9
Yes. Read it. Zorro Nov 2016 #10
I Read RobinA Apr 2017 #12
I disagree with every word but the Fountainhead is worth reading...remarkable Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #13
+1 getting old in mke May 2017 #15
If you think it plausible that a woman who is been raped will fall in love with the rapist you stevebreeze Apr 2017 #14
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