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Originally Posted by the_tyrant
However, they really don't make the characters believable or the story good. The characters seem to be very "one dimensional", they are simply "representing" their ideology.
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Since the whole novel just seems to serve the purpose to present Rand's system of political and philosophical ideas and concepts, the characters are indeed more functions in a formula - that is how I started to think about them. However, I like the narrative style in general. The German translation (the 3rd by now) reads very fluid and enjoyable.
John Galt's long radio speech at the end (60 poages or so) is where the most condensate of Rand'S ideas that she put into the book is concentrated. It is also here where it becomes more obvious than in the rest of the book that her thinking is quite close to that of Nietzsche. Rand studied history and philosophy, and was said to be a follower of Nietzsche. That matches nicely for me, since I also hold Nietzsche's
Zarathustra in very high esteem.
My current literature is this (in German translation) -
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ethics-Lib...ics+of+freedom
Today I learned that this book has just been published in German as well, I will get this later this week as my next reading project:
http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Money-Co...lev+schlichter
Sowell is not available in German, and I have come to appreciate not needing to struggle with a full book in English anymore, I did that in past times occasionally, but do not feel like wanting that anymore, nevertheless thanks for the tip.
Somewhere I heard his name before, but I cannot remember the context anymore. Some university or think tank or so, but I cannot say of what orientation and whether constructive or lobbyist.