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Since it's unlikely that I'll complete my current reading before the year's end. Here's this year's reading catalog, it was a fantastic year, read some of my favourite readings ever.

My absolute highlight has also been the first reading of the year, Maurice Renard's The Blue Peril.

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XXIIVV — reading

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Alexander Cobleigh
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what did you think of the fountainhead? X)
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Devine Lu Linvega
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it's my second time reading it, it's excellent. Reading it now(first time was in school and I remembered almost nothing), I can't stop imagining the setting of Citees Obscures for the whole thing. I forgot how good the writing was.
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Alexander Cobleigh
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haha wow i somehow did not expect that. it's in my bookshelf and has moved with me since i received it for xmas as a teen who'd played too much bioshock and wondered what the source material was like
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Devine Lu Linvega
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@cblgh It's a bit different reading it as an adult than as a teen, it's worth a reread if you can make the time.
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Devine Lu Linvega
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@cblgh Is this the edition that you got? just curious
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Alexander Cobleigh
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ah no, sorry, i got my rand books mixed up, i've got atlas shrugged! which i also have yet to read lol
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Levi Beach
Levi Beach
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@cblgh curious you takes on her ideology, because a lot of her ideas were echoed and celebrated by silicon valley back in the day—and we all know where that's landed us now.
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Devine Lu Linvega
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Which ideology in particular, Roark's?

The modernism in Fountainhead is a form of optimism in human nature(and technology)that I find naive, and the author's all sorts of awful. I haven't read Atlas Shrugged, but in this one it's kind of a positive thing that drives the story well.

There's a lot of books in my reading list that are for critically thinking adults, sometimes written by nasty authors, I am not endorsing these books by having them in my reading list.

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Levi Beach
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@cblgh she was a huge advocate for egoism (which is in direct opposition to the ideas held in panpsychism) and was the founder of objectivism, which right-libertarians and conservatives were quick to embrace and expand on. I have no doubt her writing is wonderful though. At some point I would like to read her stuff, but I've struggled to have the stomach for it—knowing all that came after the seeds she sowed.
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Devine Lu Linvega
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There's plenty of better writing to read before reading that, I'm not sure if there's anything for you in Fountainhead, it's a bit like The Prince but with a focus on architecture in a sort of noir envelope, it pits modernism and a more conservative practice and drags it in the mud. If you like Citees Obscures, 13th Floor, Dark City, Ergo Proxy, Mornings Of The Magicians, it might appeal to you. It definitely has a anti-establishment thing going.
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Maya
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Content warning: Rand's racism

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Devine Lu Linvega
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For there is love, and love, the name of the secret it is love
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Devine Lu Linvega
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@khm @cblgh Oh nice! I've seen this one a few times, it's a gorgeous volume.
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WimⓂ️
WimⓂ️
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What did you think of The Catcher in the Rye?
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega
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@wim_v12e it was wonderful, I had heard good things, but Rek doing a reading of it over a few evenings was one of my fondest memory of 2023.
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WimⓂ️
WimⓂ️
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I must say initially I really struggled with the protagonist. But a lot of the scenes and images have stayed with me.
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega
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@wim_v12e I think I liked him instantly, he means well, I like the scene when he goes back to see his sister and doesn't want to confront his parents.
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WimⓂ️
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Interesting how we see different aspects of the character. I also think he means well, but he was also his own worst enemy.
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Kototama
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put "la horde du contrevent" in incoming 😀 don't read much about it, to avoid spoiler, just read the first chapter and you will probably be hooked
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Devine Lu Linvega
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okay! First book of 2024 it is 😀

wow, it looks amazing

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Kototama
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my best of 2023 😀. I was almost thinking about starting again after finishing it :flan_laugh:
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Devine Lu Linvega
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@duponin @kototama c'est foutument dur a trouver dans mon coin 🙁 J'ai pas d'addresse postale alors je me suis fait envoyer le premier chez un libraire.
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Antharia Jack
Antharia Jack
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Oh, you read The Tartar Steppe. Did you like it ?
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega
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@antharia We're not done yet, it's out current evening reading. But loving it so far! I've been meaning to read it for so long, and it lives up to its fame 😀
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lky
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@khm @cblgh Lewis Carol is one of those who had a mystery of language at the grammatical level.
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