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Anonymous Wed May 1 03:46:53 2013 No.3712983 [Reply] [Original]

Looking for books where the author shares a similar world view as Ayn Rand.
I've read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and that was amazing.
What're some others?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 03:54:53 2013 No.3712985 1984

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 04:07:52 2013 No.3712989 >>3712985 Orwell fought in a communist militia during the Spanish Civil War and was a member of the Independent Labour Party, a socialist political party. Not really a similar world view to Rand.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 04:09:52 2013 No.3712991 >>3712989 Have any suggestions? Novels where the author has a world view something like Rand's

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 04:41:52 2013 No.3713022 Garet Garrett

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 05:03:52 2013 No.3713037 Infinite jest

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 05:16:52 2013 No.3713045 The Sword of Truth series gets very Randian by the end of the series.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 08:08:53 2013 No.3713231 Steve Ditko (co-creator of Spider-Man) was very interested in objectivism. He wrote a strip called Mr. A, about a Randian superhero/cop who was quite dedicated to his work and philosophy. It's kind of dry.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 08:09:53 2013 No.3713235 >>3712983 stormfront dot com

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 12:07:52 2013 No.3713643 >>3713235 .com is a game dev. .org is some white power B.S.

Anonymous Wed May 1 12:16:52 2013 No.3713663

>>3712983
Believe it or not nearly every children's book that is a franchise is spiked with Ayn Rand's philosophy of selfishness. Authors like to denounce it, and say what you're looking at is really only a series of chain-link connections to the starring character to produce drama. But hipsters know the truth.

Some examples with Ayn Rand's phil 101:

Harry Potter
Twilight
Hunger Games
Series of Unfortunate Events

Hipsters love these books because deep down they all love Ayn.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 12:27:52 2013 No.3713681 >>3713663 I see your point, but I'd like books a little more... you know, grown-up.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 12:31:52 2013 No.3713685 This book had the most useless romance in all literature

Anonymous Wed May 1 12:36:53 2013 No.3713693 [DELETED]

yukio mishima's stuff. very self-absorbed teenage angsty type shit where everyone but the "philosophy delivering protag" is made out to be an asshole even though the protag tends to be the worst asshole. they're also these lone-wolf tyle characters that ironically everyone who reads the book relates to. so these people tend to call eachother sheep a lot which is nice to sit back and watch.

obsession turned madness for beginners. teenage style mixups with violence and beauty. oh, it's like ayn rand but mishima can at least write a pretty sentence.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 12:38:53 2013 No.3713695 >>3713681 50 shades of gray

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 12:41:52 2013 No.3713697 >>3713681 My Life by Bill Clinton

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 12:43:52 2013 No.3713700 >>3713681 She Comes First by Ian Kerenr

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 12:43:52 2013 No.3713701 >>3713681 If you're into fantasy, the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 12:46:52 2013 No.3713706 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/president-obama-ayn-rand-misunderstood-teenagers_n_2019618.html >President Obama Says Ayn Rand Is For Teens Who Are 'Feeling Misunderstood' it's why i voted for him a second time.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 13:00:52 2013 No.3713725 >>3713706 Another good reason for me to have NOT voted for him. "If you disagree with me, I'll make fun of you."

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 13:08:52 2013 No.3713738 >>3713725 You feel understood?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 13:10:52 2013 No.3713742 >>3713738 Oh yes. Very well indeed.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 13:28:52 2013 No.3713784 >>3713701 I prefer sci-fi if it's going to be anything set in an alternate world.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 13:57:52 2013 No.3713832 File: 89 KB, 465x465, 1358738260397.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3713235 >>3713663 >>3713695 >>3713697 >>3713700 I see the edgefags out in full force today

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 14:23:53 2013 No.3713895 >>3713832 Basically. I'm not sure what the deal is. "Oh, look, people that have defined ideals. I should hate them. Mine are a bit foggy."

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 14:26:52 2013 No.3713900 Please don't let an ideologue be your introduction to philosophy.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 14:37:52 2013 No.3713926 >>3713900 I know what I believe without Rand. I simply like books that peach to the choir and put into words, in fiction form, things I already believe.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 14:38:52 2013 No.3713934 File: 67 KB, 375x494, rand vader.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3712983 trash pseudoliterature

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 14:41:52 2013 No.3713945 >>3713926 in other words you read shit only for affirmation of what you already believe to satisfy your ego rather than read shit that challenges what you believe so you mature faster. sounds cool bro. syke

Anonymous Wed May 1 14:43:52 2013 No.3713952

>>3713945
Give me novels with the opposite view, I'll read it.
I'm simply not a huge fan of straight up philosophy books or essays. I find them dull and dry. I like it presented in an interesting package.

What've you got to "challenge" me? I'm all ears---er, eyes.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 14:47:52 2013 No.3713970 >>3713945 Don Quixote fantasy/reality mixups with idealistic/intellectual sense of chivalry driving it.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 14:55:52 2013 No.3713987 >>3713952 Please know that if you only read function, you're really philosophically stunted.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 15:22:52 2013 No.3714082 >>3713987 I assume you meant fiction. Why do you say that? I think fiction can serve as just a good of vehicle for delivery as anything, maybe better.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 15:36:53 2013 No.3714121 look at the empty-headed libs rage! great post. nothing worse than a dose of truth huh?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 15:39:53 2013 No.3714131 >>3714121 >>>/pol/

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 15:41:53 2013 No.3714144 >>3714121 >libs >! >truth >huh? It's like the midwestern elderly have taken over.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 15:53:53 2013 No.3714179 >>3713832 >said the randfag

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 16:16:52 2013 No.3714233 >>3713970 I shall check that out.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 19:54:53 2013 No.3714969 >>3713706 >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/president-obama-ayn-rand-misunderstood-teenagers_n_2019618.html my nigga

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 19:55:53 2013 No.3714971 >>3713706 One of VERY few times i've felt like our country might be in good hands.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 19:58:53 2013 No.3714984 the only difference between ayn rand fands and J.K. rowling fans is that rowling's fans recognize her work as fantasy.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 20:11:54 2013 No.3715041 File: 63 KB, 450x594, exceptthese.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3714971 There is no such thing as good hands.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 20:13:54 2013 No.3715048 >>3715041 what am i looking at?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 20:14:53 2013 No.3715052 >>3715048 Not that guy, but it's a disease that makes people's bodies look like trees. I'm dead serious.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 20:15:53 2013 No.3715055 >>3715048 >Human ' Treeman ' begs for help as he turns into a tree. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DStwXsmZ3OE

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 20:15:53 2013 No.3715057 >>3715052 >>3715048 youtube it

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 20:16:54 2013 No.3715065 >>3715055 >>3715048 >>3715041 >Human Treeman stops turning into a tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkizRC5mZYQ

>>	Anonymous Wed May 1 20:21:53 2013 No.3715077 >>3715041 how does he get his hands through those sleeves

>>	Anonymous Thu May 2 01:06:53 2013 No.3715890 >>3713945 as a metacommentary on this discussion, that was a very Rand-ian outlook on that line... just saying...

>>	Anonymous Thu May 2 01:07:53 2013 No.3715893 heinlein was not an objectivist and only a fool would take the stated political opinions of his characters at face value lates

>>	Anonymous Thu May 2 01:14:54 2013 No.3715917 >>3712989 Plus he wrote tons of essays arguing for socialism and dismissed conservatism and capitalism as outdated and selfish.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 2 01:15:54 2013 No.3715919 >>3715917 Yeah but on the other hand he was a British imperial bastard.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 2 01:25:54 2013 No.3715961 >>3715919 That's true. He also thought that there were personality traits inherent to national populations and that traditional values were good.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 2 01:48:53 2013 No.3715997 >>3713832 >Randian >Not an edgy kid

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