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To: cgbg
The novels are endless—and the characters tend to be caricatures which end up wooden when put into movies.

And some of the plot action is laughable too. Utter BS. I got around to reading "Atlas Shrugged" a few years ago. When I got to the part where Dagny leaves Rearden; the steel magnate she was boinking, for Roark, instead of being pissed off, Rearden's thrilled for her because he thinks that Roark's an incredibly special genius. Yeah, right. I fell out of my chair laughing at that bit.

There are some right-on characterizations of leftist/government parasites in her books and some killer observations too. But both Atlas and the Fountainhead are turgid reads, often flat and unrealistic.

24 posted on 07/22/2025 12:36:19 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: Rocco DiPippo

Yup—in the real world even the very best of us will give in to their animal instincts now and then....and the worst of us may still love puppies and kittens.

Lol.


27 posted on 07/22/2025 5:39:50 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: Rocco DiPippo
Not Roark, Galt. Roark is from The Fountainhead.
30 posted on 07/22/2025 8:23:57 AM PDT by Publius
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