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#441 Aptorian

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Posted 16 June 2019 - 05:05 AM

Got a free copy of Anthem by Ayan Rand on Kindle.

Which reminded me I've been wanting to read Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead for years. Looking then up I see they're both big bricks.

Anyone read them? Besides the political aspect what did you think of them?

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Posted 16 June 2019 - 04:08 PM

They're dominated by caricatures that preach extreme libertarian positions, take advantage of collective efforts, and the storylines are often terrible. Rand was a crappy writer who managed to hit the right zeitgeist to get a devoted fandom along envious white teenagers who grew into Chicago School economists and GOP political figures.

You can read the books, but they're pretty terrible and aren't going to be as good a use of your time as reading a Warhammer 40k book.

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Posted 16 June 2019 - 04:09 PM

That being said, if you've read Rand, Illuminatus! by Robert Anton Wilson gets even funnier as a biting satire of it (and many other things).

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Posted 16 June 2019 - 06:45 PM

Surprised someone like Rand has so much support with GOP types what with her rejection of religion and her view that initiation of force is immoral...

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Posted 16 June 2019 - 07:09 PM

I'll add Robert Anton Wilson as an eventual follow up

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Posted 21 June 2019 - 02:27 PM

Anyone read Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames?

Friend just gave it to me to try after he loved it.

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Posted 21 June 2019 - 04:22 PM

champ, on 21 June 2019 - 02:27 PM, said:

Anyone read Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames?

Friend just gave it to me to try after he loved it.

Yeah, several of us read it a couple years back. Most of us liked it, though it does have one member that ended up hating it (looking at you Maark, lol). Overall, it's a fun rpglit adventure with an interesting band theme running throughout it.

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Posted 21 June 2019 - 04:30 PM

champ, on 21 June 2019 - 02:27 PM, said:

Anyone read Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames?

Friend just gave it to me to try after he loved it.

Going to back up JPK here, its a really great fun read.

And I think the sequel is even better.

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Posted 21 June 2019 - 10:45 PM

Andorion, on 21 June 2019 - 04:30 PM, said:

champ, on 21 June 2019 - 02:27 PM, said:

Anyone read Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames?

Friend just gave it to me to try after he loved it.

Going to back up JPK here, its a really great fun read.

And I think the sequel is even better.

Seconding this, really entertaining light read, and enjoyed the sequel as well.

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Posted 23 June 2019 - 10:18 AM

Thirding. Enjoyable silly fun stuff, well enough written, sequel is the same

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Posted 25 June 2019 - 09:23 AM

Thanks for the feedback, I'll give it a shot, I feel in the need of some popcorn reading.

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Posted 28 June 2019 - 02:48 PM

Fourthing for what it's worth.

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Posted 28 June 2019 - 02:48 PM

Abyss, on 28 June 2019 - 02:48 PM, said:

Fourthing for what it's worth.

Fifthing. Is that a thing?

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 02:49 PM

Read it, enjoyed it... very easy and fun read though it does get wrapped up a bit too quickly for my liking. I will read the sequel...

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Posted 16 July 2019 - 08:07 PM

What's the best Janny Wurts book/trilogy? I've got 3 Audible credits and I'd like to check her out as I've heard good things.

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Posted 16 July 2019 - 08:31 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 16 July 2019 - 08:07 PM, said:

What's the best Janny Wurts book/trilogy? I've got 3 Audible credits and I'd like to check her out as I've heard good things.

Looking at what Audible has for a selection, you're likely best off getting the Empire trilogy that was cowritten between her and Fiest. I read her Whitestorm trilogy like 15 years ago, but I don't remember it particularly well.

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Posted 17 July 2019 - 08:54 AM

The Master of Whitestorm was a one-off.

You're probably thinking of the Cycle of Fire trilogy (Stormwarden, Keeper of the Keys, Shadowfane).

But yeah, the Empire trilogy with Feist is great.

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