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Oct 23, 2009 16:39

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( Book Meme )

memes: that are not entirely obnoxious, books

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littlestclouds October 23 2009, 21:01:07 UTC

Looks interesting. Stealing it!

ayrdaomei October 24 2009, 10:43:58 UTC

Have fun! It was nice to do a book meme that involved more than bolding read titles, for once.

trailer_spot October 24 2009, 11:45:03 UTC

For a change I am able to comment on a book post that will put you to sleepEven in the years before the current economic crisis I had heard frequent references to "Atlas Shrugged". And there were also regularly news posts that they try to make it into a movie but it seems forever stuck in development hell. So I was already somewhat curious. And starting last year commentators on economic and stock market related blogs increasingly ended their comments with "Who is John Galt?" and even respected columnist started mentioning the book. So when I earlier this year saw that I would be able to order a cheap version of the book I thought I'd give it a try since I wanted to know firsthand why so many people started to quote and reference it ( ... )

ayrdaomei October 27 2009, 07:16:03 UTC

And starting last year commentators on economic and stock market related blogs increasingly ended their comments with "Who is John Galt?"

Ha! My teacher wrote that in her dedication...I have yet to find out :X

I hope you don't take this as a spoiler but at one point towards the end someone is holding a speech. A long speech. A speech more than 50 (fifty) pages long. And even though I didn't read that passage I'm pretty sure it contained close to nothing that you didn't already know.

Ah, that is not a spoiler. But that is ridiculous and confirms my gut instinct from the first dozen pages.

I really appreciate your validating my failure to ever get a grip on that book! I feel much less guilty about not having finished it, and much less guilty about the fact that I probably never will.

aurealis October 24 2009, 17:05:01 UTC

I'm taking this to complement another book meme I was planning on answering this weekend.

I guess the classics are going to get thumbs down all around. That would be my answer, too, for books that are least read. :-P

ayrdaomei October 27 2009, 07:16:42 UTC

I wish it weren't true, but it is!