Re:Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip
by Tycho on Thursday December 18, 2014 @02:09PM
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Have you ever read Socratic dialogues? It's a bit like that, where characters come to embody certain philosophical positions, except the scope is broadened beyond just discussion/debate and into action (which allows it to be a novel).
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Re:Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip
by dyeje on Thursday December 18, 2014 @02:40PM
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Yeah, each character is like a caricature. I think even if you don't like Rand's ideas, it's still a pretty good book. Also, you can always read The Fountainhead first. It's shorter than Atlas Shrugged but very similar. If you like The Fountainhead, then you'll almost certainly like Atlas Shrugged.