false 225221 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg The Fountainhead 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.]]> 2122 56 3331807 book 1943 The Fountainhead total:41007|5:15235|4:12381|3:7663|2:3176|1:2552| 41007 157592 53660 3635 432 3.81 94738 9931 2869041 147289 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 39322 1943 3 134 false Mon Jul 09 12:39:11 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:03:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 9691380 630325 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 1 60 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...]]> 2193330 32865 394378 0452286379 9780452286375 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394378.The_Fountainhead 4.01 305 The Fountainhead 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.]]> 1943 5 28 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 20:44:05 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:11:00 -0800 2009
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...]]> 683985 56916 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 1 26 false Wed Apr 11 23:33:28 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:52:05 -0800 2009
This book is like a net set for unsuspecting minds. It breaches their defenses with a twisted logic, attempting to preclude any ...more...]]> 18756926 1027339 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 1 25 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...]]> 40826508 193310 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 3 20 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...]]> 7899119 316671 394378 0452286379 9780452286375 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394378.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 The Fountainhead 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.]]> 1943 0 10 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...]]> 5569508 36341 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 0 9 false Mon Sep 03 05:46:21 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:32:16 -0800 2009 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...]]> 6019681 369611 664 0452286751 9780452286757 87 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/664.The_Fountainhead 3.95 659 The Fountainhead 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.]]> 1943 0 8 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Sep 10 19:43:32 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:59:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2873665 179944 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 1 7 false Mon Jul 09 14:36:03 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:04:16 -0800 2009
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...]]> 2457361 151055 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 4 7 false Wed Jun 27 14:23:35 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:54:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 26923978 1302775 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 2 7 false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Jul 10 21:40:32 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 18 17:14:41 -0800 2009 1 41705218 1711431 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 4 11 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...]]> 29743006 1372235 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 2 9 false Sat Aug 09 22:45:45 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 23:44:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 15486112 709004 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 3 6 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...]]> 10913296 710201 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 4 6 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...]]> 6391825 271206 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 5 6 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...]]> 20509461 1097186 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 1 8 false Fri Apr 18 23:32:34 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 14:57:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12354391 761737 664 0452286751 9780452286757 87 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/664.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 The Fountainhead 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.]]> 1943 1 8 false Sat Jan 12 15:58:51 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 06:43:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 10369698 681602 2122 0451191153 9780451191151 3354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499m/2122.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218317499s/2122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead 3.84 41007 1943 1 5 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...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=225221