Have read, and been re-reading, Ayn Rand since I was 16 - in the 60s. We the Living has always been my favorite with the Virtue of Selfishness a close runner-up. I didn't appreciate Atlas Shrugged until I was in my thirties. Since the Gulch, I've again re-read AS and Anthem. Also have viewed all the movies twice - watching a movie more than once is rare for me. Shawshank Redemption, almost any John Candy movie and Mathilda are the only others that get repeat views from me. :)

I read Virtue of Selfishness. Amazing how much of Rands writings just make sense.

Before coming to the Gulch, I had read AS, The Fountainhead, Anthem, and We the Living, but I had not read any of the non-fiction works. While I still like the fiction better, The Virtue of Selfishness was definitely enlightening.

I had not really spent more than a couple of minutes at any other Objectivist sites until the last week. I wanted to see who was speaking at The Atlas Summit and what they were speaking on. I was quite disappointed to see that there was no science/engineering/technology to complement the philosophy. I find it very common amongst my colleagues and my students to see that their interests go far beyond the nerdy ones you might expect. About half of my science and engineering colleagues perform music in public, for instance.

I first read Atlas Shrugged in 1980. Went on to read a bunch of Ayn Rand's non-fiction, then read AS again about 1984 and understood it much better.

I think I've read pretty much everything she ever wrote now. I have seen the movies but they can't do the story justice in three 2-hour films; a well-made mini-series may do it. But it's not really a story that's easy to adapt to video.

I read all of Ayn Rand's work while I was in college, and shortly thereafter. I built a complete Ayn Rand archive.

I heard about AS1, started to reread Atlas Shrugged. Saw AS2, finished the book. Got the DVD's of 1 and 2. Saw 3 and ordered the DVD. Have not read any other books but I am way behind in my reading. I have a stack of books and plenty more on my Kindle App, including a couple of Ms.Rand's books, but have not gotten to them yet.

Who is Rand again?

I, you are exactly the gulcher I look for. Early Ayn Rand. The most heartbreaking story I have ever read-yes, ever-is The Husband I Bought. Db and I were newly married when I read it and I remember I walked around in a daze for, well, a long time, afterwards. We named our daughter not because of We The Living, but for "Kira's Viking." My great friend kathywiso grew up on the Newsletters. Her dad has every one. You should go for The Virtue of Selfishness next, but you are getting it through the essays. Have you read any Aristotle?

Sounds like you want specifics so here goes.
We saw Asp3 at the movies, then purchased the limited Blu-Ray set with all of the extra lectures, etc. Watched all of that and loved it. We both read Atlas Shrugged. I then read "The Early Ayn Rand" and "Ayn Rand Answers". I am now making my way through her "Newsletters", and two collections "The Objectivist" and "Letters and Essays on Objectivism". Yes, we have done a lot of looking at other sites as well, and started watching Ayn Rand on Youtube. We have picked up several more books to read. Thats the Cliff Notes version.

you always keep me on my toes, uncommon

My too. I really want to do it again too. This time without La Grippa, lol. I'm working with the totally irrational right now and it's sucking out my brains.....slurrrrrrrrrrrrppppppp!

?? Really? Thanks. I'm flattered. wow. Oh, I love the classic films ~ the film noir era is really cool too. CGI gets really BORING you know?

yea, it will challenge you. do it! oh, I should add you are my fav scholar

I've been thinking about watching the 1949 classic "Fountainhead", but don't know if it closely follows the book. Otherwise, I'll most likely get the book...add it to the others I have on my "to read" shelf.

Since around 1979 I have read and re-read AS every five years or so. I assume everyone knows that the Fountainhead is also a movie. I had to record it from cable, my copy is kind of fuzzy but works for me. I need to re-read AR.s Non fiction works again, when I get done studying the founders.

thank you my philosophical friend. so enjoyed our discusions on the beach. hey gulchers-come have a philosophical good time ! :)

Great post KH. I have read and reread AS. I have read some, but not yet all of her non-fiction, and I love to read other O authors books too. I can hardly wait for the next Hank Rangar adventure.

thank you. please PM me!
oh-please re-do the post and add that pic! I remember it! would love to see it again! I will let gulchers know that minniepuck is an extremely talented editor. She is our editor for Trails of Injustice.. she smacked me down over mixed metaphors and idioms. You will thank her :)

I started with "The Fountainhead" and moved on to "Atlas Shrugged" during college. I gave those books to my younger sister when she graduated high school. Then, whenever AS the movie came to Dallas for a Freedom Works event, my sister was chosen as a volunteer, and that's when I probably came around here to check out the site. Since then, I've read only a few of her non-fiction works but have not visited any other Objectivist sites. I am reading Dale's non-fiction now, though.

thanks kddr for weighing in. glad you're here

More just re- affirrmed I try to re-read Atlas and Fountainhead at least every other year, Her non-fiction work I've gone back to many times