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RE: Wizzard of OZ- what does it MEAN? - 10/4/2009 4:22:00 PM

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It isn't. I've no idea where he gets that idea from, but Orwell is read outside the education system a lot more than (say) Dickens or Conrad.

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RE: Wizzard of OZ- what does it MEAN? - 10/4/2009 4:48:38 PM

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I have never read any of Ayn Rand's books. I just don't go there - The mention is decent, i disagree with the selfishness motto but hey, compromise for a good read, right. Maybe i'll shift.. Thing that trips me up - is when i read opinions, people talk talk meakes me cringe in my nightie and step away bleck! the pretension. that said - the books have got to be better ;0

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RE: Wizzard of OZ- what does it MEAN? - 10/4/2009 6:48:05 PM

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FR, after continuing read thru

Hmmmm, went to Wiki seeking out the number of books Baum wrote in the Oz series (13), & voila, look what I found:

Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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RE: Wizzard of OZ- what does it MEAN? - 10/5/2009 6:36:42 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: FawneTwo

I have never read any of Ayn Rand's books. I just don't go there - The mention is decent, i disagree with the selfishness motto but hey, compromise for a good read, right. Maybe i'll shift.. Thing that trips me up - is when i read opinions, people talk talk meakes me cringe in my nightie and step away bleck! the pretension. that said - the books have got to be better ;0

I'd suggest starting with Anthemn, which is a very short book (100 pages or so), and provides a very concentrated dose of Rand's Objetivist philosophy. If that one dismays you, then I wouldn't bother with The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged.

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RE: Wizzard of OZ- what does it MEAN? - 10/5/2009 10:58:49 AM

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Thanks Moonhead !

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RE: Wizzard of OZ- what does it MEAN? - 10/5/2009 2:02:50 PM

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My pleasure.

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