how interesting. We need more of your posts and comments then :)

Sorry--didn't think to take one. It occupied a book carton when I finally left Yale, back in 1980. It consisted of every then-available back issue of The Objectivist Newsletter, The Objectivist, The Ayn Rand Letter, and then the successor publication following the discontinuance of the Letter. And, of course, all the Signet paperbacks of all her novels and published essay collections.

you, cj, are why those movies were made. I have no doubt! Is your son in the Gulch?

have you read any Rand non-fiction, like "Virtue of Selfishness?"

Everybody likes a little. Nobody likes it smart. ;)

you are exactly who the movies were made for, I think. :)

I have not read either. thanks for adding to my list :)

Read most books 30 years ago. Really liked movie: AS1. AS2 was okay. Missed AS3.
My brother, who introduced me to AR, is rereading AS.

I too, sort of stumbled into AS. I did a google search about 3 years ago after seeing AS1 on Netflix and then watched it. Then watched AS2, and when AS3 came out, I was one of about a dozen or so (was populated by the over 40 crowd) to watch it in the theatre. Bought the trilogy and shared it with my son... Now he won't give it back! May just have to tell him to give it to my daughter and I'll just buy another copy. Both of my kids share a lot of my philosophical views, but my son more so. My son (24) is starting his own landscape business and I find it funny when he was watching it with me and pointing out things in the movie and saying "See, that's what's wrong in the world, people like that!"

I read AS for the first time shortly after it first came out in hard back. I was a member of the Nathaniel Brandon society and have been a fan (if that's the right word) of Ayn Rand since the 50's. I have a complete collection of Rand's work and have made it a point to read everything she published.

I saw part one and started reading the book around the same time I found the Gulch.

Depends on who you'd include in that category. I've read Bernstein's "The Capitalist Manifesto," but that's been a few years ago now. I've read some of Alex Epstein's stuff on energy policy and rely on him as a reference on that issue.

thanks jim. glad you're in the Gulch. what are the other Rand books you have, if you do not mind me asking?

picture!

did you read the book or see the movies first, prof?

it may happen rift

wow. long time fan, sun

lol I LOVE Mathilda

had you read AS before coming to this site?

thanks, animal. Have you read any other Objectivist scholars' works?

smartypants. When did you first learn about Ayn Rand?

I finished reading AS for the third time just before watching AS3 on BluRay. Every time I read it it's more history and less fiction.

I started AS after I graduated college. I then bought the unabridged AS book on CD (36 CD's) when I got a job to listen to and from work and during down time at work (I worked in IT). I also bought Anthem and Fountainhead in both book and audio form (which i have ripped from their CD's and stored on my mp3 players). I still have about 10 books still packed in their amazon boxes with their e-book counterparts on my kindles (phone, computers, and reading devices). I have seen Ms. Rand's vision of what the US was heading towards and made sure when the country starts to a fail, I have the hard copies to read if I can no longer access my digital media. Now that I have typed it out, it makes me seem like some sort of Ayn Rand survivalists with some cabin hidden in the woods ready to flee to. LOL.

I first read AS 49 years ago... then in my twenties, then in my forties, THEN (and I recommend this to everyone who has read the book) listened to it narrated from Audible (VERY different experience, almost Shakespearean) and enjoyed it even more... Then I saw the movies!!!

Thanks for your thoughts on the Atlas Summit. I am the conference director.

The Atlas Summit focuses on Objectivism and its relation to life. We offer sessions on the arts, on philosophy, on history, politics, and culture, and on the art of living well.

There are a variety of topics we don't normally host, from dietary advice to technical topics in science and engineering. But sometimes we are fortunate enough to have reports on philosophy of science or on the implications of new technology.

This year, Robert Hayden will speak on the industrial revolution in New England: that's old tech, but the emphasis will be on engineering achievements.

Dale Halling will speak on the sources of economic growth. He will emphasize the importance of technological innovation.

Many Atlas Summit attendees are interested and/or work in science and technology.

See the whole schedule at www.atlassociety.org/as