Almost finished with the Hunger Games. Never saw the movie. Prepared to start Catching Fire tonight.
What did ya think PV?..I loved the books, couldnt put em down, I havent seen the movie yet either...I want to, just havent had a chance to yet. I know it wont be as good as the books but still want to check it out.
What did ya think PV?..I loved the books, couldnt put em down, I havent seen the movie yet either...I want to, just havent had a chance to yet. I know it wont be as good as the books but still want to check it out.
I dont know enough about any of that to make any statement
I dont know much if anything at all about the personal lives of probably all the authors and press I read ... I am judging content and intelligence of the writer
I understand how you may feel !
Still - in the case of Ayn Rand ... none of that comes out in any of her books - and there is no taking away the fact that " The Fountainhead " ... and " Atlas Shrugged " are classics, fantastic and exceptional books ... that were written some 60-70 years ago ... are a still a joy to read
I'm reading Stranger in a Strange Land atm. My friend's dad talked me into it. Anyone ever read it?
just cant agree, ever.. they fill me with the opposite of joy, her logic and reason for spreading it makes my skin crawl,, i suggest you look deeper into the authors that write what you are reading, since everything is propaganda to an extent and everything has a floating (maliable) definition, if you dont research deeper into why someone is saying what they are saying and who they are, you are susceptable to being led atray from forming your own opinion,, some of the things she said were right just for totally the wrong reasons, she knew very well why she was saying what she was saying,, and it was not for the betterment of mankind, which was partly the shroud she hid behind..
and after all no book is gospel of course..
just cant agree, ever.. they fill me with the opposite of joy, her logic and reason for spreading it makes my skin crawl,, i suggest you look deeper into the authors that write what you are reading, since everything is propaganda to an extent and everything has a floating (maliable) definition, if you dont research deeper into why someone is saying what they are saying and who they are, you are susceptable to being led atray from forming your own opinion,, some of the things she said were right just for totally the wrong reasons, she knew very well why she was saying what she was saying,, and it was not for the betterment of mankind, which was partly the shroud she hid behind..
and after all no book is gospel of course..
I decided to read " Atlas Shrugged " many years ago after reading an article about the book in the NYT's ... which also mentioned that it was required reading at Harvard's Business School
I read the books ... added it all up ... and formed " my own opinion " - which I have repeated ad nausea in this thread
" The Fountainhead " ... and " Atlas Shrugged " ... are great books - well thought out ... intelligently written ... classics in literature ... and highly recommended
I've read Atlas Shrugged a half-dozen times throughout various points in my life, starting with being young and credulous to now, where I can't see Rand's point adding up, anywhere.
Shrugged's entire premise is that the Captains of Industry make the world move around and only the looters are keeping them, and thus the world, held behind. Her characters are all striding Gods of perfection, and even their imperfections (casual rape for example) are but blips that mortals cannot comprehend the beauty of for their flaws, but are never explained, it's just assumed that you the reader will accept this without question.
The entire book is a monument to the childish set of libertarian ideals, with no investigation into what happens outside the self - that no one matters outside these Gods of Capital and whoever happens to get in their way except a few bones thrown here and there, such as the trickle-down theory repackaged in novel form.
I mean, for anyone who HASN'T read Atlas Shrugged do yourself a favor and just read John Galt's 50 page opus that was supposedly delivered to a captive audience over radio for like, four hours or whatever. It tells you everything you need to know without the 1000 pages of pretentious bullshit.
It's followed by all these perfect-producer characters disappearing up their own assholes in a valley wherein she invokes deus-ex-machina for it to even make the slightest bit of sense (hint, it doesn't).
Oh, here's the opus: http://galtse.cx/
Just finished The 50 Shades of Grey books....ooo la la hehe good read