To: Tailgunner Joe
'.....Stupid....'
pssst T/J..... Atlas Shrugged...is seen by many as the 2ND MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOK EVER WRITTEN 2nd only to the Bible.
While i reject it's athiesm, old Ayn makes a lot of sense otherwise..ATLAS and 'The Fountainhead' along with 'For the New Intellectual' are fascinating along with her Objectivist Philosophy which is as good a way to lead your life as any.
READ at the urls below:
Top books that made a difference in people's lives: 1. The Bible* 2. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand 3. The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck 4. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 5. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien * based on 2,032 responses from Book-of-the-Month Club members,1991, in survey co-sponsored by Library of Congress' Center for the Book
AND
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2002-09-23-ayn-rand_x.htm
and
http://voices.yahoo.com/atlas-shrugged-closer-look-into-second-most-355955.html and http://voices.yahoo.com/ayn-rand-atlas-shrugged-more-popular-than-ever-3807700.html?cat=38
91 posted on
04/13/2013 1:29:49 AM PDT by
jimsin
To: jimsin
I enjoyed “Atlas Shrugged,” but fully a third of that book could’ve been edited out and it would’ve been just as powerful and well-spoken. Rand felt the need to say the same thing 24,438 times through each of her Adonis-like characters. By the time I got to Galt’s radio address, I had pretty well tuned out and was just skipping ahead to see the story’s conclusion.
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