[NatureGirl]

Thank you. It hasn't been the greatest week, and I'm glad you've reminded me of "The Fountainhead". I don't have a copy of it here and, as I'm heading for the cottage tomorrow, I'm wishing I did!

[bigjoesaddle]

I enjoyed "The Fountainhead" greatly, though I don't believe it is near the level of "Atlas Shrugged". Others like "Fountainhead" better because it is better written, and I'd agree that it is, but it didn't change my life like "Atlas".

[Dead Corpse]

Saw that movie on TCM a couple months back. Patricia Neal was a biscuit!

The movie was OK, but once again... I thought the book was better. For some books, there is just too much going on that can get lost when adapted for the "Big" screen.

That being said, from what I've read of L. Neil's stuff... his style LENDS itself to screen interpretation. His books read much more like full fledged stories instead of lectures thinly covered with a barely opaque veneer of a plot.

[shempy]

Thanks for the post! The Fountainhead is a book that changed my life. I liked Atlas, too, but I read The Fountainhead first and it really spoke to me.

Rand's writings infuriate the leftists to no end because they are actually capable of converting people from being statist liberals to being for individual rights. Liberal "intellectuals" have done every thing they can to diminish her impact. But to little avail. When people are asked what book has changed their lives, Atlas Shrugged is second only to the bible. But of course, people attack the prose in the bible, too. And odd as it may seem, it is often the same people attacking both books.

[denydenydeny]

"Is it beauty and genius people want to see? Do they seek a sense of the sublime? Let them come to New York, stand on the shore of the Hudson, look and kneel. When I see the city from my window ... I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would like to throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body."

Lines to be remembered as the "the WTC space must not be built upon" voices continue to yammer.