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People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM
I think they're deceived because elements of my political philosophy are close to hers. They don't realize that in certain other fundamental respects, I loath and despise her and what she stands for.

I've never even tried to read any of her books, and have no real inclination to do so given how people either hate them or are obsessive in a creepy way about getting "the world" to hear the message.
You can also write that as "Stalin" *MySmiley*
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 1738 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1154 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1157 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1212 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1036 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1044 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1030 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 967 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 605 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 629 Views
I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 02:47:12 AM 1075 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 04:18:07 PM 1108 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 06:26:00 PM 1021 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 617 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 956 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1119 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 619 Views
I don't have enough hours in the day to detail this or something even worse Larry - 06/09/2009 05:45:35 AM 1116 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1047 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 990 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1094 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1041 Views
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Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 982 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1006 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1028 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1013 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1079 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 647 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1065 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 679 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1036 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1107 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1031 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1171 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* IndigoAjah - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 625 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 980 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1149 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1036 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 634 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 592 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1017 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 632 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1021 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1051 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 625 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 636 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1067 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 566 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 621 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 913 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1080 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1118 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1015 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1020 Views
I liked a Portrait of the Artist, personally, though the (lack of real) punctuation grated *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:18:50 AM 558 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1000 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1048 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1180 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1010 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1038 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1050 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1026 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1211 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 944 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1083 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1080 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 582 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 974 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1328 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1407 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1136 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 982 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1000 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 999 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 628 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 588 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 560 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1062 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 959 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 935 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 977 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie Brian - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 913 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 979 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1053 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 935 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1027 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 633 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 621 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 904 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 585 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 998 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 934 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1080 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 925 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 651 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 954 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 603 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 970 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1089 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1032 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 640 Views
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