What you is R3ading/just have R3ad ?

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I want to read "Snobbery" - my sister and friends have read it and loved it. However I haven't had time to get my hands on it. Anyone here read it?
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It is pretty good although a bit long winded. Instead, I would recommend Bobos in Paradise by David Brooks.

Originally posted by Robert Pollard:
also reading this, fascinating, uh, really

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that guy on the cover kind of looks like Ice-T

hmmmmmm

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Originally posted by paige:
that guy on the cover kind of looks like Ice-T

You gotta love a guy who goes from busting a cap in a cop to busting out some XHTML and some punk-ass DOM-based scripts. Yo.

Martin Amis - London Fields…one of the most well-written books I have ever read. It seems like he spent a day deciding each word.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by paige:
that guy on the cover kind of looks like Ice-T

You gotta love a guy who goes from busting a cap in a cop to busting out some XHTML and some punk-ass DOM-based scripts. Yo.

holla.

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Mainly, I'm looking at Howard Roark and wondering how a character can be so sincere, but so distant. That Keating kid's a total punk. I haven't completely read into what Rand is getting at. It would be interesting to hear some ideas though.

I've read this book several times and still don't know exactly what she's getting at (am I stupid?), except this: be yourself, stick to your principles, don't conform. Seems pretty simple (hence the questioning of my interpretation), except her main point seems to be: But it's really, really difficult to do that and remain "selfish" in the modern world. Her definition of selfish is not to not screw everyone else over; it's more like "keep yourself happy instead of worrying about what others think of you and your choices."

Peter Keating is her example of what happens when you're not Howard Roark. Harsh.

Frankly, I know many more Peter Keatings of the world than I do Howard Roarks. I think more people (obviously)are like Keating than Roark. The elitism of this board exemplifies that (diss others when they like music you don't….not YOU specifically thirsty, just most people in general.)

Does anyone know a real life example of Howard Roark?

Well said, Arlette. I would like to think that there are people as talented/savvy/generous as Howard Roark. Perhaps there are. Unfortunately, the Peter Keating types are the ones that get noticed the most.

bilge

Originally posted by Arlette:

Hi Celeste. ;)

Nico: The End

by James Young

(Wanted to post a pic but haven't found one and just found out that it's out of print.)

Originally posted by Arlette:
Does anyone know a real life example of Howard Roark?

Chad at the club?

Originally posted by Jaguär:

Originally posted by Arlette:

Hi Celeste. ;)

Hi Jag (it's not me)

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so i just started reading how to lose friends and alienate people……….so far it's pretty good……

thanks rhett and celeste for the borders card to buy it…….

bilge rat

bilge

Just finished Atonement by Ian McEwan. Pretty amazing stuff.

Al Franken's new book. Very entertaining. All his stuff is funny. I dont read alot of fiction, but I read Rand's stuff during college and I must say its good. Saw the Jihad book and it looked a bit predictable. Ive read enough news to know that Middle Eastern folks like Western stuff. Is it worth reading?

Originally posted by walkman:
Just finished Atonement by Ian McEwan. Pretty amazing stuff.

that book was so hard to get through….congratulations on being one of the few i know who has been able to do it! :)

i'm re-reading most of Chuck Palahniuk's novels right now….every fall i have some weird need to read him. Apparently Spike Jonze wants to make his book "Survivor" into a movie.. hmmm