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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (1020)	9/24/2002 10:35:38 AM
From: Original Mad Dog	Respond to of 7689

Factoid from the Atlas Shrugged article in USA Today: Influential books Top books that made a difference in people's lives: 1. The Bible{+1} 2. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand 3. The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck 4. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 5. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 1 — a large gap exists between the No. 1 book and the rest; based on 2,032 responses from Book-of-the-Month Club members,1991, in survey co-sponsored by Library of Congress' Center for the Book

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (1020)	9/24/2002 11:00:47 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7689

Very interesting. Of course, not only is the writing clumsy, the melodrama overblown, and the characterization off-putting, but the emotional atmosphere of the novel recalls a sulky, precocious, but social awkward 16 year old, salving his ego with fantasies of showing "them". Beyond that, the primary paradox is that even Rand feels the need to make the case for the social utility of the "achievers", to condemn society for not appreciating them and instead feeding off of them too much. Obviously, selfishness is not quite self- validating, but must show that it contributes to the common good.........