Re: Ramblings of Randroids
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:14:59 +1000
> If I wanted to read something and not get involved in the writer's
> beliefs (and my own beliefs, for that matter) or the symbolism of the
> story, I'd probably try the comics. Or maybe I'd go to a movie just to
> get a story for the story's sake. To me, it's a difference between
> education and entertainment. And I think I can say this without being
> TOO wrong, but reading without actively participating in what we read
> isn't really reading at all.
I suppose what the big deal here is is that Rand has a way of preaching her
own beliefs through her fiction. This is a method of writing I particularly
dislike - pedantry disguised as story, as demonstrated in the Celestine
Prophecy and Sophie's World. But ultimately I think the quality of the
writing should be the determining factor, if we are able to put aside for a
minute the prejudices of the writer - again I cite the example of DW
Griffith's `Birth of a Nation'.
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
@ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
@ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest