The Scarlet Letter Dragonsong Friday Drawing Down the Moon The Bible Childhood's End Honor of the Queen Unintended Consequences Without Remorse
Atlas Shrugged -- Not for the usual reasons, but as an object lesson of what happens when you mix Mary Sue, delusional grandiosity (redundant) with an otherwise more-or-less philosophically sound combination of unabashedly meritocratic capitalism with maximum individual freedom. I.e. Rand had something, but she was nuts and, like most charismatic cult-figures, the "nuts" portion of her memes infected otherwise (mostly) sane people making them, to a greater or lesser extent, (more) nuts. It is and was a great modern day example of how messianic "prophets" form a religion around them. Isn't it great she wasn't born two thousand years ago. Think of all the holy wars and streets knee deep in blood.
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Dragonsong
Friday
Drawing Down the Moon
The Bible
Childhood's End
Honor of the Queen
Unintended Consequences
Without Remorse
Atlas Shrugged -- Not for the usual reasons, but as an object lesson of what happens when you mix Mary Sue, delusional grandiosity (redundant) with an otherwise more-or-less philosophically sound combination of unabashedly meritocratic capitalism with maximum individual freedom. I.e. Rand had something, but she was nuts and, like most charismatic cult-figures, the "nuts" portion of her memes infected otherwise (mostly) sane people making them, to a greater or lesser extent, (more) nuts. It is and was a great modern day example of how messianic "prophets" form a religion around them. Isn't it great she wasn't born two thousand years ago. Think of all the holy wars and streets knee deep in blood.