xhonzi said:

CP3S said:

The best time to read Atlas Shrugged is pretty much never. You're not going to get more out of the game by having read Atlas Shrugged or any of Ayn Rand's other books first. Yeah, it is a dystopian using a failed objectivist society as the backdrop, which is completely awesome, but as long as you have some grasp on the concepts of objectivism you're not going to miss out on that angle of the story.

Not to dis on Atlas Shrugged, it is just kind of a long tedious read, and it really isn't that great.

To offer a counter point- I really liked Atlas Shrugged. C3PX, I would think, is the target audience, so I'm surprised he didn't care for it... It is long and it takes a while to get going... but I think it makes a pretty compelling argument. And so much of what was ridiculed as "preposterous" in the book seems to be coming true around us. Especially the past several years.

That is part of why I didn't care for it. I feel like something intended to explain a philosophy should seek to simplify it, not make it a daunting exercise to get through.

I agree though, it does make a much better case for Objectivism than The Fountainhead.