When the last time you read Atlas Shrugged?
After way too many years, I re-read Atlas Shrugged. I have probably read it 30+ times over the years and I always get something new out of it.
When was the last time you read it? Do you get something new out of it when you do, or is it just the same story with no revelations?
When was the last time you read it? Do you get something new out of it when you do, or is it just the same story with no revelations?
I like yours. I may have to get one like that.
I was about 17 at the time.
I read it purely for fun. One of my classmates was reading it during study hall, and she said she liked it. Once I started it, I think I read it in about a week to ten days. I finished it, and then read The Fountainhead, and then re-read it again. I was hooked.
Considering that I read it probably 4 or 5 times already, and that I was frustrated/verging on angry at what I saw missing in the movie, I figure I have most of the "gist" of it by now, though there's still more to learn, just as I mentioned in my other comment.
I have about 2 hours per day max, with some exceptions, that I can reasonably spend reading. I have to mete it out among all the books I haven't read yet, so time for AS is going to be hard to come by.
Having read it first, the movies really don't do justice to the book, but then I know it wouldn't be easy to put all the details in the movie and in the order that and wrote it.
There's always something new when I read it, sadly related to current events.
I have multiple copies of it and Anthem.
If I give a copy of Anthem and there is a response, then I give a copy of Atlas Shrugged.
Spread the word!
Have you read Ideal, an earlier book and play of Rand's that was recently released a couple of years ago?
Which is your favorite: Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead?
Which did you read first?
I really did enjoy the DVD movies which reinforced what I read back as a senior in HS in 1969. That teacher would be tarred and feathered today!
It's also possible you have more "room" in your brain than I do (that's a GOOD thing), which in my case, it isn't much. It's always full. In my career as a CPA people were always expecting me to remember numbers for some reason. I would always tell them "that's what computers and pencils and papers are for, and if it's not written down, numbers coming in one side pushes a similar quantity of numbers right out the other side!" But for concepts, thank goodness I have a bit more room. Still - for me - a reminder and an enjoyment of Rand's unique way of wording concepts - is a good thing. If you are happy with your enjoyment of it all, then there's nothing to change.
Depending where I was in my career, I saw things differently as I read it (re-read). Even with my recent re-reading, I found more in the text than I had seen earlier. She was quite a wordsmith considering that English was NOT her first language.
I understand the difference in May and Shall, but Rand uses the word frequently enough that it was apparent that the capital A stood out. The same for the Wayne-Falkland, which is used throughout the novel.
One of my biggest observations is how often the various characters SHRUGGED, SHRUG, or are SHRUGGING in the novel. With my Nook I could highlight it, and I didn't even start highlighting until I was a few days into the book.
Generally, I recognize typos and shrug some of them off, but because it was so prevalent throughout the novel, it was really annoying.
Yes, you probably would benefit from reading them again. I always discover something new (profound) each time I re-read them. I don't know if it is due to the fact that I am older and with different life experiences, I see something different in the text.
This is my observation over years of asking people who read both which they preferred (liked better). Whichever one the person read first (in your case The Fountainhead) tends to be their favorite. I read in the reverse order from you, and I like Atlas Shrugged more. I have read both numerous times, but Atlas Shrugged is the one I return to again and again.
She also said elsewhere that some people thought [another memory quote] "that the lesson of The Fountainhead is that a man should force himself on a woman, and that she would like him for this..." which implies that that was not what she had been saying.
But,from what I understand, men have often used some excuse like that. I'm not blaming Ayn Rand for that, however.