«See, here's the thing that stands out to me the most: Atlas Shrugged should be judged, not as an economic textbook or a sermon, but as what it also clearly is: a 1957 science fiction novel.»—"Never Mind Important, Is It Any Good?"
This reminds me of something I remember MJD once saying, to the effect that the most interesting reading of the Star Trek shows/movies is that they are a story within a story: the outermost story is that the Federation actually is the Evil Alternate Universe Federation, with the knives and the evilness– and those guys make absurdly cloying propaganda about how nice they are, and that propaganda is what we're watching.
October 16 2007, 01:50:56 UTC 5 years ago
Re: evil empire
I like that story even better.Also, long time no see!