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		gavinray 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Curse of Ayn Rand's Heir My Ayn Rand "unpopular opinion" is that Atlas Shrugged is a wordier, less interesting The Fountainhead. Wouldn't suggest anyone read Atlas Shrugged, saying this as someone who also read Peikoff's "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand" Just read The Fountainhead and imagine that with trains and the railroad. "Anthem" is a short read and also pretty solid.

mixmastamyk 10 months ago [–]

Each one was further dumbed-down, according to an interview of hers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18203189

gizzlon 10 months ago | [–]

hehe, that's one way to answer criticism.

Atlas Shrugged just needed a good editor, or someone else, to cut it down to the same size as The Fountain head

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