false 2122 56 <i>The Fountainhead</i> has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. The confrontation of those themes, along with the amazing stroke of Rand's writing, combine to give this book its enduring influence. 3331807 book 1943 The Fountainhead total:39487|5:14699|4:11919|3:7372|2:3050|1:2447| 39487 151834 51531 3536 3 127 false false Mon Jul 09 12:39:11 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 12:39:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 47 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Nov 28 20:14:29 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 21:06:46 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 25 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 20:44:05 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 09:12:03 -0700 2007
Basic plot: Howard Roark (individual) & Peter Keating (copycat). Roark constantly fights with society but manages to survive, Keating gets lifted up by society and then destroyed by it (can you say celebrities?). This is the plot at its most rudimentary - naturall...more...]]> 1 25 false false Thu Mar 27 09:01:49 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 09:07:37 -0700 2008 mcsweenys, in case it's not clear that all i did was a little cutting and pasting.

instead of reading this book, just read ayn rand's superbowl prediction in m...more...]]> 1 25 false false Wed Apr 11 23:33:28 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 12 12:05:22 -0700 2007
This book is like a net set for unsuspecting minds. It breaches their defenses with a twisted logic, attempting to preclude any ...more...]]> 3 19 false false Wed Dec 24 08:15:27 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 08:39:32 -0800 2008 the fountainhead. i can think of a few reasons:

1) for some reason or other, as humans, it feels good (perhaps a marker of personal progress?) to reject or condescend to that wh...more...]]> 0 10 false false Thu Oct 18 13:43:38 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 05 13:36:47 -0800 2007
I read “We the Living” and then “Anthem” also ...more...]]> 0 8 false false Mon Sep 03 05:46:21 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 13:34:44 -0700 2007 Anthem so much that I vowed never to read another book by Ann Rand, but I still talk about how much I hate all of her other books, too. That's how much I disliked Anthem. I also think I have the right to hate The Fountainhead without having read it because:

a) Ayn Rand is a horr...more...]]> 1 7 false false Mon Jul 09 14:36:03 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 00:43:32 -0700 2007
i didn't get around to reading this book until the blizzard a couple years ago in new york. i was in a particular mood, woke up at 3am and decided i had to get out of the apartment, so i grabbed the copy i'd bought a couple days before and suited up to go down to yaffa. it w...more...]]> 4 7 false false Wed Jun 27 14:23:35 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 14:42:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 9 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sat Jan 03 06:12:39 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 08 05:32:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 8 false false Sat Aug 09 22:45:45 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 23:44:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 5 false false Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 08:28:04 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 08:52:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 6 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Dec 23 09:05:29 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 13:30:20 -0800 2007
In this lengthy novel, Ayn Rand presents her ideal man and her philosophy of objectivism. The philos...more...]]> 5 5 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Sep 18 12:16:18 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 12:28:48 -0700 2007
The architectural profession serves as the backdrop for the story. The story itself is quite interesting; either Rand did a great deal of research or she did ...more...]]> 1 8 false false Fri Apr 18 23:32:34 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 14:57:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 8 false false Sat Jan 12 15:58:51 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 06:43:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 5 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Dec 13 09:21:34 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 09:21:34 -0800 2007
The book is 800 long pages, and I labored through it for about a month, including a week hai...more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Aug 10 08:20:20 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 09:13:56 -0700 2007 The lessons it taught me and the life it showed me are invaluable. So whatever you may find below are the mixed emotions which i could withdraw out of it.
This books helps you realize the pain and agony of a ...more...]]> 1 4 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jun 09 18:06:20 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 18:23:18 -0700 2008 more...]]>