Active Users:551 Time:17/06/2026 12:08:23 PM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
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*
Reply to message
So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 2073 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1452 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1467 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1546 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1357 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1361 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1345 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1280 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 730 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 781 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 1386 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 1503 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 1348 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 758 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1301 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1454 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 765 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 1439 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1440 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1299 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1436 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1394 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1382 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1263 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1364 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1346 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1342 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1402 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 814 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1457 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 812 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1360 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1440 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1406 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1542 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 778 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1298 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1467 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1371 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 791 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 727 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1346 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 789 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1403 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1382 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 762 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 795 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1374 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 725 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 780 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1239 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1410 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1444 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1355 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1342 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 702 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1332 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1366 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1519 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1348 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1388 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1370 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1371 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1561 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 1249 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1387 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1391 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 730 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1288 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1644 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1731 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1447 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1300 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1306 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1315 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 771 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 754 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 707 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1395 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1302 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1262 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1298 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 1249 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1308 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1383 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1266 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1341 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 793 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 769 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1217 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 753 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1390 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1236 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1409 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1228 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 792 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1303 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 741 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1318 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1467 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1354 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 788 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes