The Ayn Rant & Composers at the Gym Thread

[snyprrr]

Have you read Anthem?

By Rush?

[Bulldog]

Define great. I found it to be one of the most dreadful reading experiences of my life. Atlas Shrugged i mean.

You define it, and I'll let you know if we're on the same wavelength.

[petrarch]

It was a decent vacation read for me, but the 30 page monologue by John Gault was very skimmable.

Disappointing vacation read was my experience. And I too skimmed the Galt rant--totally unreadable.

[Florestan]

Ayn Rant is better suited.

[Sergeant Rock]

Any Composer known for their 'guns'?

Taking you literally, Magnard was known for his gun. When a German cavalry patrol trespassed on his property, he opened fire. That's why there is no Magnard Fifth Symphony 

Sarge

[jowcol]

Define great. I found it to be one of the most dreadful reading experiences of my life. Atlas Shrugged i mean.

I think that JDP hit upon a most excellent topic for a Diner thread here-- "dreadful reading experiences".   I've got a few-- don't have time to list them at length.  For an example, however, although I like of lot of Samuel Beckett's plays, I never got through his trilogy of novels.  Halfway through the second, I realized that I would have to commit suicide when I finished the last one-- so I put it back on the shelf.

On the Galt Rant- one thing that made it tough slogging was that Rand had already spent several hundred pages SHOWING her theme, and now she had to TELL you.

I have the same problem with Trumbo's Johnny Got his Gun-- I thought it was really powerful, but the rant at the end was totally redundant.

Of course, Dostoevsky is guilty of having some of his characters do the same thing, but there are usually heavy issues and twisted psychology to make it worth the venture.