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originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by MLipton:
Ian,
If your tastes run to stilted, ideologically driven fiction, I would advise you to seek out George Orwell's fiction.
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Mark Lipton
(who always preferred Orwell's nonfiction)
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Do your tastes run this way? Mine don't.

I have a sentimental fondness for Orwell, though I prefer his essays and reportage-style books to his fiction.
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You failed to see the tongue in my cheek, Ian? No, our tastes run similar. His reportage was superb (and entertaining) whereas his fiction was more geared toward my sensibilities at age 10 (having then only recently graduated from Silver Surfer and The Incredible Hulk).

Mark Lipton
 
Got me. As these eye keep aging, I have to remind myself to look more carefully.

You graduated from the Silver Surfer?! Still a hero locally - 'nuff said!
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Hard to believe Rand is mentioned in these parts, even indirectly, without at least some deconstruction of her work. I enjoyed a passing flirtation whilst in college, but nowadays her fiction reminds me of Judge Parker cartoons as much as anything - everything is flat and two-dimensional, the problems and issues excessively contrived, the good and bad characters too clearly white- or black-hatted. Perhaps more like an Indonesia shadow theater, than a cartoon strip, but without all the engaging cultural texture. To be fair, I haven't read a book by her in many, many years.
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I had a full blown infatuation with the books back in 7th grade. I also read all her "philosophy" books. About the right age for it really. IIRC I had a bit of a crush on Francisco D'Anconia.

By college I had graduated to "Who is John Guilt?".
 
I've only read "Anthem". That was sufficient. I was far too busy reading Conan Doyle and Christie, having long before finished Lovecraft, and moving into Derleth and Chesterton.
 
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