[CottonBall]

I have tried over & over to get thru Atlas. I have never been able to get thru Rand’s ponderous writing style. I get the message just can’t handle the style.

How about just coming to the threads and reading Publius' summary of the chapter? That way you get the gist of AS, can join in the discussion, and don't have to read it actually unless you chose to. I figure I might do that from time to time when I can't force myself to read it (I have about 3 or 4 other books in my queue right now and frankly, I gravitate to Thoreau instead. Talk about a polarity of writing styles! Not to mention the drabness and dullness of AS's world vs. Thoreau's vivid nature writings.)

[Still Thinking]

How about just coming to the threads and reading Publius' summary of the chapter? That way you get the gist of AS, can join in the discussion, and don't have to read it actually unless you chose to.

Ooh! We could publish them and call them "Pub's notes"! Don't forget BillTheDrill's always excellent comments as well.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

“How about just coming to the threads and reading Publius’ summary of the chapter? That way you get the gist of AS, can join in the discussion, and don’t have to read it actually unless you chose to.”

I’m already up to Chapter 2 of A is A (don’t worry, I won’t spoil it for those of you who aren’t that far yet), and I use Publius’s synopsis as a review. It’s also helpful because I haven’t been very consistent in my reading habits lately. I read Ch.1 of A is A and then didn’t pick up the book again for almost two weeks.

[NCBraveheart]

I may do that, I was tempted to read the Cliff Notes