Thanks, I haven't read any Ayn Rand but Atlas Shrugged is next in my queue. I guess I'll swap it out for Fountainhead and see what I think.
I suspect it will be a bit dishonest to say that he had a great impact on me though if I read the book basically for the sake of the essay.
Oh, dear. This wasn't meant in any way as an endorsement of Ayn Rand.
I suspect it will be a bit dishonest to say that he had a great impact on me though if I read the book basically for the sake of the essay.
Eh, admission essays are games; they must be played.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
If continuing the discussion becomes impractical, that means you win at open threads; a celebratory top-level post on the topic is traditional.