What are you reading right now?

ThePhanastasio · 01-02-2011, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by eric generic

just started:

I actually really enjoyed that one. I know a lot of people hate Ayn Rand, but I think she's A-Okay.

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zachsd · 01-02-2011, 01:39 PM

^^^I feel sorry for you.

bob. · 01-02-2011, 02:42 PM

i never read The Fountainhead....but i did read Atlas Shrugged and some manifesto...The Romantic Manifesto i believe....i disagree with a good portion of her "philosophy" and agree with other points she makes....one thing i can defiantly say about her is that she really was a talented writer

zachsd · 01-02-2011, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

i never read The Fountainhead....but i did read Atlas Shrugged and some manifesto...The Romantic Manifesto i believe....i disagree with a good portion of her "philosophy" and agree with other points she makes....one thing i can defiantly say about her is that she really was a talented writer

Yeah, well her writing style is what really got to me. When I read Atlas Shrugged, I actually agreed with her politics to a certain extent (I was going through a teenage-angst phase, not thinking clearly, etc.), but her writing style completely put me off. I see Atlas Shrugged as the product of an author attempting to write a political piece via literature. As a result her characters are dry and the whole thing is extremely melodramatic, not to mention it rambles for 1000+ pages. It basically suffers from the same flaws that come with political propaganda and state censorship. Fountainhead is definitely a better literary work, but still nothing particularly amazing in my opinion. In addition her ideology is pretty horrendous.

bob. · 01-02-2011, 04:19 PM

have you read it before?!

**Janszoon** · 01-02-2011, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

have you read it before?!

Nope. The only Silverberg book I've ever read was Kingdoms of the Wall many years ago. Like I mentioned earlier I've been on this big sci-fi kick recently so, since I'm almost done with Ringworld, I decided to pick up a couple more at the library. The World Inside was a semi-random choice from the Silverberg books they had. I don't know anything about it but just picked it because I liked the cover. My version looks like this:

storymilo · 01-02-2011, 07:58 PM

I'm reading this at the moment. Only a few chapters in but it's a very interesting and engaging read. I really enjoy his writing style so far, but I've heard it can get kind of tiring. We'll see.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 01-02-2011, 08:07 PM

That is an EXCELLENT book

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is great too

storymilo · 01-02-2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Paloma

That is an EXCELLENT book

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is great too

Yeah I've heard. Though someone said it's not as good as EII. which do you like better?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 01-02-2011, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by storymilo

Yeah I've heard. Though someone said it's not as good as EII. which do you like better?

I like EII better, but mostly because of the historical parts of the book, where he's talking about Brod's father and **** (I forget his name). Those were awesome chapters. And the part about the "seeing eye bitch" Sammy Davis Junior Junior was hilarious

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bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i never read The Fountainhead....but i did read Atlas Shrugged and some manifesto...The Romantic Manifesto i believe....i disagree with a good portion of her "philosophy" and agree with other points she makes....one thing i can defiantly say about her is that she really was a talented writer __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

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storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	I'm reading this at the moment. Only a few chapters in but it's a very interesting and engaging read. I really enjoy his writing style so far, but I've heard it can get kind of tiring. We'll see.

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~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	That is an EXCELLENT book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is great too