At this point in my life, I find the politics espoused in Ayn Rand's books distasteful. I read them at a point when I was looking for contemporary books that spoke to my need to know that I wasn't a bad person for being an atheist. Whatever your opinion of Ayn Rand's pro-capitalist, anti-theist, anti-socialist novels, they do a powerful job of illuminating a deeply-felt personal philosophy through the trials of fictional characters. I recommend reading at least one of her books in your lifetime, and this one is the biggest, boldest one of them all.

Released on Sunday, August 04, 2002 at School of Management picnic courtyard at Prospect & Sachem in New Haven, Connecticut USA.

On a chair in the outdoor fenced-in sitting area with all the bike racks.