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Hey /lit/ I have been wanting to read an Ayn Rand novel for a while but do not know which to pick. I am leaning towards Fountainhead but was wondering how it is compared at Atlas Shrugged.

>> No.3115409

Read Anthem and then stop there. There's nothing in her two longer novels that you won't get out of those ninety pages, and then you can spend your time reading better books.

>> No.3115410

>>3115409

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>> No.3115412

I'm pretty much with anon about Anthem. If you feel you have to dig into a longer one, then go for The Fountainhead. Atlas Shrugged is a quagmire.

>> No.3115413

>>3115403
anthem is a good introduction to her ideas, fountainhead idealizes its hero less and makes him more distant and less relate-able, atlas shrugged idealizes its heroes more and makes you feel as though you'd be one of the heroes in that society too. They're all easy reads, but Atlas Shrugged is a dredge to get through, especially some of the long speeches characters make where the book turns into an entirely philosophy focused chapter or passage.

Also prepare to come out of reading it feeling as though you're better than others, it's natural.

>> No.3115416

>>3115409
this. Anthem was relatively painless. I can't imagine putting myself through more on purpose.

>> No.3115417

Atlas Shrugged is a travesty. There's absolutely no reason why a one-thousand-page science fiction art-deco dystopia about economic collapse, lost technology and secret organizations should be boring. But this one is.

>> No.3115427

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>>3115417
OP here, thanks everyone for the input. I will definitely check out Anthem then and maybe Fountainhead if I feel I want more of her writing.