What is The Fountainhead like? I love Atlas Shrugged, so it might be fun to see what preceeded it.I just finished Anthem and the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, and I'm reading We The Living and Atlas Shrugged by her now. I'm also reading the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu and soon I'm going to pick up a copy of Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Freidrich Nietzsche.
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What are you reading?
#41
Posted 27 September 2009 - 12:53 AM
#42
Posted 27 September 2009 - 01:55 AM
What is The Fountainhead like? I love Atlas Shrugged, so it might be fun to see what preceeded it.
Well it does precede it, but they aren't in any kind of series. The Fountainhead was very good, one of the best books I have ever read. I would definitely get it if I were you.
#43
Posted 27 September 2009 - 03:01 AM
I meant precede as in "written before" not as "prequel." Thanks for the suggestion.Well it does precede it, but they aren't in any kind of series. The Fountainhead was very good, one of the best books I have ever read. I would definitely get it if I were you.
#44
Posted 27 September 2009 - 03:12 AM
I meant precede as in "written before" not as "prequel." Thanks for the suggestion.
Ohh, duh. Sorry, wasn't thinking when I read that XD You're very welcome, always glad to help future objectivists
#45
Posted 27 September 2009 - 06:52 AM
Definitely one of the best religious texts IMO. Which translation are you reading? I'm fond of Thomas Cleary's.
I really don't think it's a religious text, but anyway, the one I'm reading is the text only translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English. It's my favorite translation because it's the one that seems to take the fewest liberties. For example, interpretation or commentary or pictures. It's simply the words.
#46
Posted 27 September 2009 - 08:46 AM
I'm reading Deadpool.
XD
#47
Posted 27 September 2009 - 10:21 AM
Oh~ all you guys and your intelligent books.
I'm reading Deadpool.
XD
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I'm reading The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell now. Dad recommended it to me, actually... it's all about how trends start. (Not just fashion trends, stuff like epidemics of the flu, how shows become popular, when the economy changes, etc.). It's nice because it's not written in a ton of technical terms, some parts are really funny (the passage about yawning, for example, it's a page and half all about how contagious they are!), and there's a ton of really cool examples in it. Anyone ever heard of the "Six Degrees of Separation"? That was in there too. ^^
There's two more, Blink and something else after it. :/ Can't remember what it is now...
#48
Posted 27 September 2009 - 03:11 PM
That sounds funny and interesting. You can walk up to my aunt, open and close your mouth, then walk away, and she'll start yawning.(the passage about yawning, for example, it's a page and half all about how contagious they are!)
#49
Posted 18 October 2009 - 08:19 PM
#50
Posted 18 October 2009 - 09:46 PM
I'm loving every sentence of it. When I was younger I saw an animated version on TV and it impacted me greatly. I'm glad the book manages to push the envelope for how totally awesome a child-appropriate book about Halloween can be.
#51
Posted 18 October 2009 - 10:36 PM
What is it about? Disneyland has their own Halloween Tree in Fronteirland with pumpkins and orange lights; it's very pretty.I recently started (and am almost finished with -- it's short) The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury.
I'm loving every sentence of it. When I was younger I saw an animated version on TV and it impacted me greatly. I'm glad the book manages to push the envelope for how totally awesome a child-appropriate book about Halloween can be.
I just got Designing Disney by John Hench. Only Disney would need thirty-two shades of white for one park.
#52
Posted 18 October 2009 - 11:28 PM
The tree itself is full of creepy changing-jack o' lanterns and is found by the weird old house the boys meet the supernatural guide?
#53
Posted 23 October 2009 - 07:27 PM
I started on a book called Shift a little while ago. I haven't gotten far (school reading assignments take priority ), but what I've read is pretty interesting. It's about this college freshman, Chris, who went on a bike trip across the US with his best friend, Win, over the summer. However, he didn't quite make it the whole trip. When Win pedaled on ahead of him when he had bike trouble, Chris got mad, turned around, and headed back home alone. Well, his friend never made it back home, and Win's dad is convinced Chris is responsible. It's a good mystery read, and it's not hard to get into at all.
#54
Posted 24 October 2009 - 10:02 AM
Uh, well, I'm 12 pages into the Da Vinci Code, and somebody's already murdered. That was fast. ._.
I've also been reading the manga series Hikaru No Go, but thanks to the lack of going to the library I've only read the first two. I've been enjoying it a lot, though- the concept is clever, the characters are witty, and they make the board game (Go) sound just brilliant!
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Posted 28 October 2009 - 06:09 PM
#56
Posted 21 November 2009 - 06:48 PM
#57
Posted 22 November 2009 - 05:59 AM
#58
Posted 23 November 2009 - 12:26 AM
How far into Atlas Shrugged are you? It's by far one of my favourite books.I'm reading Atlas Shrugged, Dracula, and soon (hopefully) I'll get Push.
#59
Posted 23 November 2009 - 11:03 PM
How far into Atlas Shrugged are you? It's by far one of my favourite books.
I'm in the 300s. I normally would be done by now but I've been really busy and not been able to read in a while. I want to finish it by Christmas.
#60
Posted 23 November 2009 - 11:27 PM
#61
Posted 24 November 2009 - 01:13 AM
I'm really going to have to read something by Ann Ranyd at some point. All I know is that she is HARDCORE about capitalism which I am not all that huge a fan of?
Yes, she really is a very large supporter of laissez faire capitalism, and I agree with her on some points when it comes to it. She has a strong stance against handing out jobs and things to people, because she herself couldn't stand to give a job to someone who just "needed" it and then look at someone competent who was looking for work without feeling awful. Some of her concepts, such as reason being the only absolute, I agree with to an extent but she's very opinionated off in her own realm of philosophy that you'll just have to read for yourself xD
#62
Posted 24 November 2009 - 02:38 AM
I don't mean to sound rude, but it's "Ayn Rand," pronounced like "eye-n."I'm really going to have to read something by Ann Ranyd at some point. All I know is that she is HARDCORE about capitalism which I am not all that huge a fan of?
Lassiez faire would be the best phrase to describe her thoughts, but what I admire is that she never explicitly names anything in Atlas Shrugged. We know that the heroes are Capitalists and the people destroying things are Socialist extremists, but there's no mention of either system. We're given the facts (and a lot of speeches) and left to form our own conclusions. If you agree with her, it's great, but I'm sure that if you don't, it must be all the more interesting. If you hate preachy books (as I do), then there's nothing to fear.
Huruyami, I once saw a man wearing a shirt that was all black, except for small white letters that said "Who is John Galt?" who had a friend who started a buisness called "Fountainhead Industries." Anyway, he told a story about how he went to a place where patrons are encouraged to write on the walls, and he wrote "Who is John Galt?" I wonder if he got any responses...
#63
Posted 24 November 2009 - 03:05 AM
I don't mean to sound rude, but it's "Ayn Rand," prononced like "eye-n."
Lassiez faire would be the best phrase to describe her thoughts, but what I admire is that she never explicitly names anything in Atlas Shrugged. We know that the heroes are Capitalists and the people destroying things are Socialist extremists, but there's no mention of either system. We're given the facts (and a lot of speeches) and left to form our own conclusions. If you agree with her, it's great, but I'm sure that if you don't, it must be all the more interesting. If you hate preachy books (as I do), then there's nothing to fear.
Huruyami, I once saw a man wearing a shirt that was all black, except for small white letters that said "Who is John Galt?" who had a friend who started a buisness called "Fountainhead Industries." Anyway, he told a story about how he went to a place where patrons are encouraged to write on the walls, and he wrote "Who is John Galt?" I wonder if he got any responses...
That's so cool i think im going to make a shirt like that.
#64
Posted 24 November 2009 - 03:16 AM
I don't mean to sound rude, but it's "Ayn Rand," prononced like "eye-n."
I take GREAT OFFENSE at your spelling correction. (not really, BTW the word is "pronounced") :P
Actually even though I knew it was spelled "Ayn" I have always heard it pronounced like "Ann". SO THIS PIECE OF TRIVIA IS GOING TO GET FILED AWAY FOR FUTURE USE!
And I have no problems reading books by authors with weird politics than my own, heck I make a hobby out of it. My reluctance to start her books are the fact that they are intimidatingly long and everyone tells me they are full of long speeches, which does not sound all that fun. BUT I read Ulysses and lived to tell about it so I'm sure I can tackle Atlas Shrugged.
My all time favorite book, The Illuminatus! Trilogy, parodies it with "Telemachus Sneezed" and I find this title amusing for some reason.
#65
Posted 24 November 2009 - 09:13 PM
As you should. My keyboard likes to have random keys stop working just long enough for me to make stupid mistakes. like when I wrote an essay totally devoid of the letter "a."I take GREAT OFFENSE at your spelling correction. (not really, BTW the word is "pronounced")
Atlas Shrugged is the longest book ever published in English (FUN FACT!), but there's lots of character development. Just beware of the EPIC SPEECH OF DOOM at the end, and you'll be fine.
#66
Posted 25 November 2009 - 12:41 AM
Immortal by Traci L. Slatton
Dracula by Bram Stoker (Penguin Classics Edition)
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Manga: Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto (read up to Vol. 37)
Literary Magazines: Asimov's Science Fiction and Fantasy and Science Fiction (both contain short stories and novelettes in the science fiction and fantasy genres)
I'm reading a lot of science fiction because it's the genre in which I want to write fiction . As for the vampire novels, my former professor at my university recommended I read Bram Stoker's Dracula if I'm going to also write my own vampire novel. I'm not a huge fan of historical fiction, but I'm loving Immortal because it takes place in Renaissance Italy (the 14th century in this case).
#67
Posted 25 November 2009 - 04:00 AM
I take GREAT OFFENSE at your spelling correction. (not really, BTW the word is "pronounced")
Actually even though I knew it was spelled "Ayn" I have always heard it pronounced like "Ann". SO THIS PIECE OF TRIVIA IS GOING TO GET FILED AWAY FOR FUTURE USE!
And I have no problems reading books by authors with weird politics than my own, heck I make a hobby out of it. My reluctance to start her books are the fact that they are intimidatingly long and everyone tells me they are full of long speeches, which does not sound all that fun. BUT I read Ulysses and lived to tell about it so I'm sure I can tackle Atlas Shrugged.
My all time favorite book, The Illuminatus! Trilogy, parodies it with "Telemachus Sneezed" and I find this title amusing for some reason.
Before you tackle Atlas Shrugged, you should read We the Living or Anthem. Anthem is more of a short story but We the Living is only 464 pages. Your average novel I guess. They're both really good Don't forget the Fountainhead!
#68
Posted 26 December 2009 - 10:59 AM
Fascinating, thus far.
#69
Posted 27 December 2009 - 01:16 AM
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Posted 03 January 2010 - 04:21 AM
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 11:41 AM
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 09:05 PM
#75
Posted 10 February 2010 - 11:53 PM
That's one of my most favourite stories. I was in a theatre production of Journey to the West as the narrator, and I can still recite the plot by heart. At one point I knew everyone's lines in the entire show."Journey to the West" by Wu Cheng'En, translated by Jenner. EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeIlovethisbook.
#76
Posted 12 February 2010 - 12:25 AM
#77
Posted 10 July 2010 - 04:47 AM
It take a step or two to get into, but once you do, it's hard to put down.
Also, I'd recommend the Mission: Russia series. I forget who the author is, but it's published by Steeple (Publishing?). It's technically a Christian series, but the particular that I read, Sands of Time, didn't really feel like it until certain character's beliefs come up.
Even if you're not a big Christian fiction fan, it's still a very good read. (I ATE the freaking thing in about 8-9 hours. I could NOT make myself put it down. XD;;; ) I still need to find the book before it, In Sheep's Clothing due to some backstory that doesn't go explained in the second book. (Not that you miss anything by not reading it other than some backstory on a character that appears.)
#78
Posted 10 July 2010 - 07:09 PM
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Posted 10 July 2010 - 10:02 PM
#80
Posted 18 July 2010 - 02:15 AM
It means "When the dead walk".
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