Stephenie Meyer vs. Ayn Rand

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The works of both are basically completely worthless, but at least Meyer probably doesn't have much of an ego and doesn't seriously think having a character go on an 80 page speech is a good writing tactic.

An equally difficult question is who has the more annoying fanbase.

[All Along The Watchtower]

How many US politicians are fans of Twilight?

[Donerail]

Rand's characters did not sparkle.

[Dereich]

Stephanie Meyer. The first 3rd of Atlas Shrugged was a very entertaining read, something that Meyer never achieved.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The Twilight books had glimmerings of decent characters here and there, mostly in the supporting cast. Everybody in Rand is a loathsome caricature. Meyer's prose is also more engaging, though it's still awful.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

You have done this exact same poll twice now, BRTD....

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

The Twilight books had glimmerings of decent characters here and there, mostly in the supporting cast. Everybody in Rand is a loathsome caricature. Meyer's prose is also more engaging, though it's still awful.

This... exactly.

[Lambsbread]

I'd rather be pistol whipped than read either of these two.

[Mechaman]

I'd rather be shotgun whipped than read either of these two.

Fixed

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Twilight, though objectively awful, is in a way good in that it is absolutely perfect for its target audience; teenage girls with their hormones out of whack, and made her a boatload of money. Whatever Rand set out to do, she clearly failed at it.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Twilight, though objectively awful, is in a way good in that it is absolutely perfect for its target audience; teenage girls with their hormones out of whack, and made her a boatload of money. Whatever Rand set out to do, she clearly failed at it.

Are you kidding? An entire political party espoused her views.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Am I the only liberal on here who has a soft spot for Ayn Rand? 

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Am I the only liberal on here who has a soft spot for Ayn Rand? 

Yes.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Am I the only liberal on here who has a soft spot for Ayn Rand? 

Yes.

Apparently. 

[Antonio the Sixth]

Am I the only liberal on here who has a soft spot for Ayn Rand? 

Yes.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Am I the only liberal on here who has a soft spot for Ayn Rand? 

Yes.

[Lumine]

Oh, god... The only thing worse would be a book written by Vladimir Zhirinovsky... (or the Spiro Agnew novel about a certain "fictional" VP)

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Gonna go with Ayn on this one. I should probably try to finish "Atlas Shrugged"...

[homelycooking]

Am I the only liberal on here who has a soft spot for Ayn Rand? 

No. I've read Atlas Shrugged three times and The Fountainhead twice. "She [Rand] is a loathsome, offensive brute, yet I can't look away."

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Am I the only liberal on here who has a soft spot for Ayn Rand? 

What on Earth could possibly make you like that awful wretch? Even sane libertarians aren't fond of her, which makes sense since she was a quite awful person personally regardless of what you think of her politics, she was actually quite megalomanical with how she viewed people, and what she actually promotes in Atlas Shrugged is basically a strawman that liberals and communitarians like to use as a criticism of libertarianism and that sane libertarians distance themselves from.

And as someone else pointed out once on this forum, her message in The Fountainhead is basically "do whatever you feel like doing, regardless of market demand, because it is immoral to force people to do things for others in order to make money, oh and if someone pays you for something you make and changes it in a way you don't like that is an attack on you as the maker of that thing and you have the right to destroy it"

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Am I the only liberal on here who has a soft spot for Ayn Rand? 

What on Earth could possibly make you like that awful wretch? Even sane libertarians aren't fond of her, which makes sense since she was a quite awful person personally regardless of what you think of her politics, she was actually quite megalomanical with how she viewed people, and what she actually promotes in Atlas Shrugged is basically a strawman that liberals and communitarians like to use as a criticism of libertarianism and that sane libertarians distance themselves from.

And as someone else pointed out once on this forum, her message in The Fountainhead is basically "do whatever you feel like doing, regardless of market demand, because it is immoral to force people to do things for others in order to make money, oh and if someone pays you for something you make and changes it in a way you don't like that is an attack on you as the maker of that thing and you have the right to destroy it"

I find her interesting; and something tells me she believes in what she says... evidenced by how extreme she takes the lassiez-faire ideology.  I disagree 99% of the time, but I certainly don't hate her. 

Plus, she's got the anti-religion thing going and I tend to trust atheists more than most.