What are /lit/'s thoughts on Atlas Shrugged?
But I don't think of it. And the more I read, the less I think.
I liked it, I don't care that most people consider it horrible. And I don't like it because I agree with its philosophy, but because I found it very enjoyable to read. The mystery of "Who is John Galt?" kept me incredibly curious.
I really love the book's sense of sprawl and majesty, when I read it, I really felt like I was reading some all-encompassing work. I dug the fancy chapter names like "The Moratorium on Brains" and "The Sacred and the Profrane".
Some parts of the book left a massive impression on me and IMO are extraordinarily written. I like when Dagny rides the John Galt Line for the first time: the sense of appreciation is incredible. And my favorite chapter is the one where the train gets destroyed, because everyone involved doesn't want to take blame for something going wrong, so they just pass the buck to someone else. That chapter had a really amazing sense of tension and tragedy.
People knock Rand for her prose but honestly I really enjoy how she wrote. Simple but very elegant.
>>7720566
One of the best pieces of literature ever written. The only people who don't like it are stupid collectivists and those who believe in socialism or other kinds of statism.
>>7720618
ayn rand herself was a statist
>>7720623
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/statism/2.html
>>7720566
Shit taste.
>>7720634
>lived off social security
>railed against the state
>>7720604
Good on you for having your own opinion, anon
>>7720618
>collectivists
Go live in a cave and marvel the boner you have for yourself
>>7720767
>Payed taxes her whole life
>Collected benefits of taxes at the end of her life to not die
Come again?
Love Atlas Shrugged, prefred Fountainhead more. AS had this huge sweep and scope that was breathtaking though. The way it was written in that pulp style with the characters being totally good or totally vile was very pulpy too. One or the other, very little inbetween. Reading it I visualized it like a Bruce Timm style really smple, stylized art with the strong art deco feel.
>>7720604
Same. Rand's philosophy is retarded but her heroic, unrealistic characters were enjoyable precisely for those qualities and her prose was more than up to the task.
Beautiful book, had a profound influence on me. I read it long time ago, and coming back into it with all the knowledge I gained from other works and life throughout the years makes me appreciate it even more.
My favorite book of all time remains to be The Doll by Stanislaw Prus and I found a lot of parallels between the two, they complement each other wonderfully, with both being huge, 1000+ all encompassing works, while one is extremely realistic and pessimistic (the great man ends up being stampeded by the society and dies alone), the other goes for romantic commentary on what the world ought to look like.
I dunno just my two cents.
>>7720604
Pretty much this, though I thought the third part was a bit of a letdown desu, and the speech at the end was way to long.
"What's burning a city, compared to tearing the lid off hell and letting men see it."
She should be high school requirement English is diluted. Anything by her is a free vocab lesson.
>Rand's philosophy is bad and you should feel bad for liking it
Is there a more prevalent meme in academia?
>>7724935
Enjoying the story and writing is light years from a diligent follower
>>7720566
Officer Barbrady was right.
>>7724935
>Rand's philosophy is good and you should feel good for liking it
That meme is much more prevalent amongst normies/academia.
>>7722080
> Married couple was Ayn Rand's two best friends
> Ayn cucked the wife and slept with her husband all the time
> Still whored around with other guys all the time anyways
> She died a lonely and broken woman.
Bitch got what she deserved.
