[stylin19a]

crap, I still haven’t made it through Galt’s speech

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

I still haven’t made it through Galt’s speech

It's really boring and stupid.

[HotHunt]

I've read Atlas Shrugged three times since college. I skipped through Galt's speech the last two times I read it because Rand pretty much explains what he says in the speech throughout other parts of her novel.

You won't miss anything significant by not slogging through Galt's 75 page speech.

[sig226]

If you read the novel, you understand the speech. A is A is the only thing it adds to the story, to make it clear that Rand said A is A and it will always be A even if you call it B or C.

[catnipman]

“crap, I still haven’t made it through Galt’s speech”

you didn’t miss anything. Rand used that same speech over and over again throughout the book. After I read it the first time, I just skimmed the repeats.

(I also skimmed the juvenile sexual yearning scenes, which were poorly written as well.)

[Eleutheria5]

You didn’t miss much. Unfocused rambling.