tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post962486315887670390..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: A Mouse a Cookie, a Book a ChanceP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-85549548556585516082013-02-18T08:37:51.033-08:002013-02-18T08:37:51.033-08:00The only thing I have to say in Rand's defense...The only thing I have to say in Rand's defense is that her views are relatively harmless. I compare her to the other writer whose simplistic ideas make a huge impression on people in a similar age group. Perhaps a hundred million have been executed in the name of Marx, with mamy millions more rapes and other violent crimes. Not many harmed in the name of Rand. dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-67845885182026447762013-02-18T08:12:16.165-08:002013-02-18T08:12:16.165-08:00Rand makes a big impression if read in one's l...Rand makes a big impression if read in one's late teens or early twenties. After that reality gets in the way.<br /><br />THE CRYING OF LOT 49, by Pynchon, and Frazier's COLD MOUNTAIN were a couple I had to try several times before going forward. Finally gave up on Kerouac's ON THE ROAD: boring, boring, boring!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-48298815499198794462013-02-18T06:03:46.915-08:002013-02-18T06:03:46.915-08:00I tried Ayn Rand's "Fountainhead" tw...I tried Ayn Rand's "Fountainhead" two or three times, not able to get more than two or three pages into it. I won't try again, and this makes me reluctant to try "Atlas Shrugged".dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com