[lbo-talk] Ba-da-bing: Who is John Galt?

Matt lbo4 at beyondzero.net
Thu Aug 23 05:54:50 PDT 2007


On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 08:46:36AM -0400, Andy F wrote:


> So, has anybody actually read Rand?
>
> I ask because because I've learned to be cautious about judging a work
> by its fans. Or even its creator.

We had to read The Fountainhead as part of freshmen orientation at college. Then I read Atlas Shrugged to see what all the hype was about.

The former is a little more interesting as a novel. The latter is just long and boring and not so well-written. Mostly those that cite it as their favorite book have poor taste in literature, more than anything.

If I want to read well-written and interesting arguments for something akin to Randian politics, I'll go with Reason Magazine.

Matt

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