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Anthem by Ayn Rand
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bookshelves: criticism, fiction, society

Ayn Rand was the most overrated writer (I can't even call her a philosopher) of the 20th century, and a great gaping asshole to boot. This book is yet another to support those facts.
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Started Reading
January 1, 1991 – Finished Reading
July 25, 2007 – Shelved
July 25, 2007 – Shelved as: fiction
July 25, 2007 – Shelved as: criticism
July 25, 2007 – Shelved as: society

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message 1: by Bryce (last edited Aug 25, 2016 11:45AM) (new)
Jul 30, 2007 12:01AM

Bryce Digdug Right on! You often see college students wandering around campus with her book. Wikipedia lists her as a pseudo-philospher. Willim F. Buckley probably takes her book with him under the covers. Well, we see where all this right-wing b.s. has lead us. A psychopathic desire for our president to conquer the world. Now he's like a lil' Napoleon, with the you-know-what Abba song playing in the background.


message 2: by rey (last edited Aug 25, 2016 11:45AM) (new)
Jul 30, 2007 12:56PM

rey you did NOT just call her a gaping asshole....
you are now my #1 hero! i couldn't even get through 'the fountainhead'...it pissed me off too much!


message 3: by Beth (new) - rated it 1 star
Aug 14, 2008 02:13AM

Beth SaltyMissJill, from SnarkyBeth

I loved your honest eval. The narcissitic writer speaks in the form of AR, (and pay no attention to the woman behind the curtain who lives one life while preaching another. Pseudo-philsopher, appropriate and earned).


message 4: by Michelle (new)
Sep 29, 2009 04:46PM

Michelle Wonderful! I feel the same way. I slogged through Atlas Shrugged on the recommendation of a friend, and was so pissed off by the damn thing that I will never read anything else she vomited onto a page again.


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