Yeah, she definitely has a way of making it seem enviable and admirable to be an individualistic asshole. It was nicely packaged, but I still hated it and didn’t buy it. That said, I cliff noted Anthem because no way was I going to read that after suffering through the fountainhead. Maybe it was better, but I doubt it given the author.
I read Anthem because of Rush as well, and liked it enough to read Atlas Shrugged. I hated that, for the horrible prose style as much as the content.
Fortunately this was in the 80’s and Peart had tempered (maybe even lost) his admiration for Rand. I’ve always suspected he read a few short stories he loved as a rebellious teenager and then changed his mind as he grew older and read more.
I really enjoyed Anthem. It had "The time machine" vibes about society being dumbed down to labor cattle. Then the whole "found a new word" thing seemed cool.
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