I’ve read just about all of Ayn Rand, including her first novella, “We,” which was published in a pulp science fiction magazine I bought as a kid. (It was about an Orwellian society, based on the Soviet Union, from whose language the word “I” had been eliminated completely.)
She had pretty good insights into the problems of Communism and socialism. And I enjoyed most of her work. But the problem was that she was, indeed, without any moral principles whatever. Pure libertarian, not conservative in any meaningful sense. It’s all me, me, me, me.
Certainly worth reading, but not someone you want to actually take your political ideals from. From the vehemence of those comments about C.S. Lewis, I would guess that his writings prodded her conscience a bit, and she didn’t appreciate that AT ALL.
She was stammering to pray.
I’ve read just about all of Ayn Rand, including her first novella, “We,” which was published in a pulp science fiction magazine I bought as a kid. (It was about an Orwellian society, based on the Soviet Union, from whose language the word “I” had been eliminated completely.)
Yevgeni Zamyatin wrote We. Rand wrote something called "We the Living".
You’re referring to “Anthem,” not “We.” I know you read the Ayn Rand novel; you just switched the names. The 2 novels are often compared; they’re both by Russians, both dystopias condemning collectivism. “We” was written by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
Quite a recommendation.