Is that the one with the architect?
Who has read " The Fountainhead " by Ayn Rand ?
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I read it a long time ago, definitely an easier read than Atlas Shrugged.
I think both books had a lasting impact on me, I don't remember much of the details, but I did like the philosophy behind it.
I thought Atlas Shrugged was good, if you read it as satire.
ivandh wrote:
I thought Atlas Shrugged was good, if you read it as satire.
That 300 page John Galt speech was very hard for me to read....
I skipped through most of that. I don't bother when the writer has no mind to boil it down. As for the rest of it, I think the Great Man theory as a whole is flawed and Atlas Shrugged takes it to an extreme. Fountainhead was more believable at least.
Actually, my favourite Ayn Rand is the novella Anthem. You get through the whole thing in an hour or 2.
ivandh wrote:
Is that the one with the architect?
Characters Howard Roark and Peter Keating ; you probably mean Howard Roark.
I've never felt so enthusiastic and so disappointed with the same book ! 
I felt that way about The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
ivandh wrote:
I felt that way about The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
I should get out more ! 
Do you mean an actual place or a book that you read ?
The Book has been around a while.
MrHARVEY wrote:
ivandh wrote:
I felt that way about The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
I should get out more ! Do you mean an actual place or a book that you read ?
It could apply to both actually, although Mr. Streetmentioner would have something to say about the lack of the fourth person relativistic plupartigerund².
ivandh wrote:
I thought Atlas Shrugged was good, if you read it as satire.
I thought it sucked. I had to stop reading when the "virtuous" railroad man "threw down a flight of stairs" the man who suggested (gasp, prepare yourself) that he take money from the government. If it hadn't been for massive land grants to the robber barrons, the transcontinental railroad would never have been completed. Ivan has they key and a hell of a buzz I suspect. It orks quite well as satire.
electricpawn wrote:
ivandh wrote:
I thought Atlas Shrugged was good, if you read it as satire.
I thought it sucked. I had to stop reading when the "virtuous" railroad man "threw down a flight of stairs" the man who suggested (gasp, prepare yourself) that he take money from the government. If it hadn't been for massive land grants to the robber barrons, the transcontinental railroad would never have been completed. Ivan has they key and a hell of a buzz I suspect. It orks quite well as satire.
I will probably check out Atlas Shrugged, but if you read The Fountainhead I'd like to hear what you think of that book also.
OO read fountainhead twice.............. and will read again ..many times.....
only for its characterization......
Hello Chess.com people . I was curious about opinions regarding a book titled "The Fountainhead". I'm less than half finish with the book and I'm feeling ambivalent about the story. The part where I am in my reading is where Howard Roark physically forces himself on Dominque Francon.