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Freelance_Physicist:
--- Quote from: Sanitycult ---I decided to read the fountainhead by Ayn Rand so I could write about it and get a scholarship. I read the first four chapters and seriously considered never going to colledge, or ever reading again. It's like eating spoiled eggs and ruining your pallete for months.
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Yeah, I spent several months reading Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged consecutively. I recommend not doing this.
As for getting through the book, just remember that, regardless of the worth of her ideas, Ayn Rand is an awful fiction writer. Keep this in mind, and feel free to laugh at the horrendous characterization and stilted dialogue (and pray that the love scenes don't turn you celibate). Example: you can always spot a person that Rand approves of because at some point, they will be described as having angular facial features. Always angular. And sometimes chiseled, too.
Of course, when you're writing your essay, pretend to take it all completely seriously. You are doing this for money after all. Ms. Rand would expect nothing less.
Stifled Dreams:
Marzipan Pig!
Seriously, guys.
Misereatur:
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Haruki Murakami - Noruwei No Mori
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ooooooooh yeeeeaahh.
*thumbs up*
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It did'nt really change my life, I just totally loved it.
I read it about 3 times, and I hate re-reading books.
Kai:
--- Quote from: Freelance_Physicist ---
--- Quote from: Sanitycult ---I decided to read the fountainhead by Ayn Rand so I could write about it and get a scholarship. I read the first four chapters and seriously considered never going to colledge, or ever reading again. It's like eating spoiled eggs and ruining your pallete for months.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, I spent several months reading Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged consecutively. I recommend not doing this.
As for getting through the book, just remember that, regardless of the worth of her ideas, Ayn Rand is an awful fiction writer. Keep this in mind, and feel free to laugh at the horrendous characterization and stilted dialogue (and pray that the love scenes don't turn you celibate). Example: you can always spot a person that Rand approves of because at some point, they will be described as having angular facial features. Always angular. And sometimes chiseled, too.
Of course, when you're writing your essay, pretend to take it all completely seriously. You are doing this for money after all. Ms. Rand would expect nothing less.
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Ayn Rand is fucking terrible. Her ideas AND her stories. Seriously.
brandie:
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
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