Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:

Bananadine wrote:

I like epic fantasy stories myself, and I don't care much about philosophy, so I just pretended all the heroic industrialists were a strange, new kind of elf, while the life-hating collectivists were only especially talky orcs, and that, solidly buttressed by my fascination with craziness, made it easy for me to enjoy the book--which was a big surprise after I'd heard it denounced so many times as a tedious presentation of a bad philosophy.

This is the first review I've ever read of the book that made me want to read it, by the way. Do you consider Rand to be a good writer, regardless of her philsophy? I know, it is easier for me just to find out for myself by going to the library, but still, I value your opinion.

It's still somewhat retarded though, and it would be perfectly reasonable for you to skip it.

That being said, it's always stupid to proclaim that you "refuse" to read a book, like I did earlier, especially since I have no other classic books around to take up the slack, with the possible exception of some dog eared Red Dwarf "novels."