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Guess I really ought to read Atlas Shrugged sometime.
Often compared to Orwell, Rand's work seems to stem directly from having lived through the Russian revolution and having seen the horrors of the Soviet Union first hand. Her ferocious atheism and rejection of pretty well everything but pure reason, strikes me as rather Dawkinesque.
At well over 1,000 pages it's hardly a light afternoon's read and, like all political works, I suspect I would find it preachy and dull.
Still on Amazon.uk it's rated 4.5/5 over several hundred reviews.
Any regulars here actually read it?
Often compared to Orwell, Rand's work seems to stem directly from having lived through the Russian revolution and having seen the horrors of the Soviet Union first hand. Her ferocious atheism and rejection of pretty well everything but pure reason, strikes me as rather Dawkinesque.
At well over 1,000 pages it's hardly a light afternoon's read and, like all political works, I suspect I would find it preachy and dull.
Still on Amazon.uk it's rated 4.5/5 over several hundred reviews.
Any regulars here actually read it?