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Originally Posted by siouxz72
so, I've decided to expand my reading from Star Magazine and the Twilight Series...
Can anyone tell me if I have to read The Fountainhead before reading Atlas Shrugged?
Thanks ya'll!!
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In my opinion, definitely Fountainhead before Atlas Shrugged.
Fountainhead is an easier read, and while everyone is correct that one has nothing to do with the other, I think Fountainhead plants the seed that explains her philosophy.
That in turn makes it a little easier to recognize the undercurrent that flows through Atlas. But don't let that fool you, because they are completely different novels.
However, I did not catch on to this the first time I read it; in fact, I struggled with Atlas. It was on a second read, when I was much older, that it made sense. But as I write this, it occurs to me what I inferred may not be what Rand meant.
My two cents.
Elphaba