The Journals of Ayn Rand
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Book Overview
Beginning in 1927, when she was writing scenarios for the silent screen, and extending through the 1960s, this collection of the never-before published journals of Ayn Rand--author of such masterpieces as "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead"--offers a groundbreaking view of her work to develop and refine her intellectual principles, the cornerstone of her tremendous appeal and popularity. Copyright ? Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0525943706
ISBN13:9780525943709
Release Date:September 1997
Publisher:Dutton Books
Length:727 Pages
Weight:2.55 lbs.
Dimensions:2.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
An essential take on the evolution of Ayn Rand!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I agree with Stephen Cox, who writes on The Daily Objectivist website: "One of its best features is the large amount of plain good writing that one discovers here, much more than one might expect to find in an author's working notes. Rand does very well in the medium of brief and (as she thought) temporary comments. The volume contains many shrewd observations, vital expressions of personality, and spirited confrontations with intellectual problems." A great insight into a great mind!
Thoughtful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
There are very few people who believe nowadays that it is a worthwhile activity to discover how to think. This book is for such people. You will see diagrams that show relationships between events in Atlas Shrugged that you never knew existed. You will also find marvellous feats of abstraction which demonstrate an author's ability to "see a streetfight, then describe a battle."The downside to this book is that there is quite a bit of repetition, although with interesting variations. It's like a textbook that distills hundreds of mathematical instances into a an abstraction which is so general that you are bored - all the instances look like one another, since they all look like the abstraction.If you enjoy thinking - I mean, really thinking, not quoting "intellectual works" mindlessly in cafes - then I advise that you obtain a copy of this book, and *study* it alongside each of Ayn Rand's novels.
The development of a Master
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Simply a wonderful book. Starting before her first book "We the Living", continuing through her masterpiece "Atlas Shrugged", to the final years of her life, this is Ayn Rand's development as a writer and a thinker--as only she could show it. You will see her accept commonly held bad ideas early in her career, only to later discover their flaws and repudiate them. If you are interested in your own development as a thinker, there is no better guide than this account of the development of a master.
Too long, but fascinating nonetheless
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Although this book does not contain any of Rand's personal journals, it is still a worthwhile read. Most interesting is her outline for 'The Little Street', a novel in which the hero is a man who kills a priest who betrayed him. Rand regarded the character as heroic because he dared to stand up to society. Proof positive of her Niezstchean roots.
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