ATLAS SHRUGGED By Ayn Rand

>>[driving ithrough the countryside]
>>"It's a good road," said Rearden, "It was built to last. The
>>man who built it [was really good i swear]."
>>"Yes..."
>>"I don't like the looks of this."
>>"I don't either." Then she smiled. "But think of how often
>>we've heard people complain that billboards ruin the
>>appearance of the countryside. Well, there's the unruined
>>countryside for them to admire." She added, "They're the >>people I hate."

I've just finished Atlas Shrugged, and I am left somewhat conflicted. Part of me understands how this could have been voted the best book of the 20th century. Part of me understands how she, a person whom had experienced the Bolshevik's rise to power and was greatly affected by the negatives of communism, could have honestly and fully believed what she was writing. But for the most part, I can't help but to regard this book as a thick pile of shit. Opinions?

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I wouldn't hate Rand if she'd stuck with writing either fiction or philosophy. Preferably philosophy, because I don't think she was all that great at writing fiction. Although apparently you understand what's wrong with her philosophy, so you can see why that might not have worked. Anyway, it's the fact that she mixed the two and ended up writing such unbearable books that makes me dislike her. It's also a case of "hating the fans", as with a lot of things like this. They tend to be similar to what we on the internet would call "fanboys". Or just pretentious pseudointellectuals, as much as I hate to throw around those two overused words.

You can have a relevant link:
http://4-ch.net/book/kareha.pl/1140644553/

That covers most of the reasons people don't like her, as I really can't be bothered to go any deeper into it myself.

Oh, and I decided I was a Marxist when I was at school, and the people I really disliked were the ones who agreed but didn't know what the hell they were talking about. "Yeah, Communism is cool. Stick it to the man!" I mean, that (the whole teenage rebellion thing) was why I got into it, but at least I bothered to do my reading and get a decent understanding of it. I grew out of it by the time I was 16, and I've actually become an inredibly self centred bastard. Go figure.

tl;dr I HATE HER BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL BIG AND SMART ON THE INTERNET, LAWL.