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Cyrano
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:50 PM Original message |
Actually, I liked Ayn Rand’s books. |
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PassingFair
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. From the blurb on the back of Jon Stewart's first book: |
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JustAnotherGen
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I read both as a young person too |
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EOTE
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. She was a horrific novelist. |
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Scruffy1
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Agreed, and repititious too. |
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Ozymanithrax
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. And I like reading Robert Heinlein... |
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Gaedel
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Yes |
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spinproof
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. That's the beauty of Heinlein |
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Ozymanithrax
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. In 1934, Heinlein was discharged from the Navy due to pulmonary tuberculosis |
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spinproof
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Fri Jan-28-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. yup, my mistake. Thanks. |
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Gaedel
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. No |
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spinproof
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Fri Jan-28-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I stand corrected. Starship troopers [i]was[/i] much earlier, though. |
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spinproof
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Fri Jan-28-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. ...and further corrected. |
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myrna minx
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'll leave it to Telly Savalas, who said it best... |
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The Magistrate
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. A Thing Of Beauty, That, Ma'am |
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FSogol
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. A classic. Remember: There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life |
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closeupready
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. LOL - yep. |
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Codeine
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I love that one. |
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blondeatlast
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Havent' seen Telly lately. |
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verges
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Wonderful!! nt |
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Johonny
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. +1 |
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Codeine
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. OK, now THAT was fucking brilliant. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. There is a reason why they are part of the sci fi canon in the US |
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haele
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. But IMO, she couldn't write a full novel to save her life - |
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arcane1
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have to disagree with you there |
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closeupready
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. That's totally fine, as long as you understand that her philosophy was toxic, |
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Codeine
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. She was a god-awful novelist, |
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HuckleB
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. +1 |
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cali
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. but she didn't develop characters. they were cardboard and two dimensional |
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HuckleB
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. That's one opinion. |
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Vickers
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've read thousands of books, but The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged |
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Codeine
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. . . . |
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Iggo
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. lol...NICE. |
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Cyrano
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. Did anyone bother to really read my OP. |
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Warren Stupidity
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. huh? |
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Cyrano
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Thank you for your in-depth response. What it lacks in concept, it's |
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Warren Stupidity
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. perhaps you ought to read your own op |
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Johonny
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. That pretty much sums it up |
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ProfessorGAC
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I Read It |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Highly-absorbed, exactly. |
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Codeine
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Actually, you said she was a good novelist. |
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Ozymanithrax
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. I read both books in my teens, and loved them... |
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w8liftinglady
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. in the late 70's,i was a randian objectivist. |
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ProfessorGAC
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh, You're The One! |
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Canuckistanian
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. I actually started reading "For the New Intellectual" when I was 13 |
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drmeow
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. John Scalzi on Ayn Rand |
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MatthewStLouis
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. I liked The Fountainhead... |
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pipi_k
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. I read "We The Living" a few years ago and... |
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thelordofhell
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. Burn, Atlas Shrugged, Burn |
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slay
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
37. They are great... FOR ME TO POOP ON! |
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Codeine
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Triumph! |
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Erose999
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Truer words never spoken. When society crumbles on itself because of its embrace of Randian greed |
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Ignis
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Win. |
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Odin2005
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. Her characters are boring caricatures and stereotypes. |
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Bigmack
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
48. DUer WCGreen said it best... |
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VOX
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. And Mussolini got the trains to run on time. and Hitler built good roads... |
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JuniperLea
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
52. I loved those novels! |
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