Ayn Rand

[asterroc]

I haven't ever read Ayn Rand, and I have no intention of doing so. However, I am told that the author of the series I am currently reading, Terry Goodkind, is heavily influenced by her works, and her concepts of "objectivism" and "enlightened self interest." Anyone care to explain these concepts to me in shorter form?

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[jrtom.livejournal.com]

What you've described sounds an awful lot like a sketch of the background of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged as depicted in another work I read. So I'd say that the impression that he's strongly influenced by Rand is spot-on.

I have no personal knowledge of her works or philosophy--not having read or studied either--so I'll leave it at that. (Except to recommend the book that I referenced above--Matt Ruff's Sewer, Gas, Electric--on its own merits: good humor+decent SF.)