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[kandrathe]

I went with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. No books on the list really called out to me, but I have a friend who is obsessed with Alice stuff so I figured me listening to that would give some good talking points for us. My plan is to listen to it while playing WoW by myself since that doesn't really take all that much thought. I'm a little leery though cause I've always been the sort to have to read things to really understand. Like instructions for games. People will try and explain a game to me and I won't quite grasp it. Yet you hand me the written instructions and I get it right away. So I'm a bit concerned that my brain will tune the reading out or just kind of not follow it like it should. We'll see though. Being a book it could be a different beast than the instances where my brain doesn't like to follow audio things so maybe it will work

I recently finished listening to a 50 CD unabridged version of Atlas Shrugged. The only part I found too difficult to comprehend audibly, was Galt's speech. In the book, it was supposed to be a 3 hour broadcast, and when read, it is an hour and a half. It is the culmination of all of Rand's philosophy, and so it is not easy to grasp anyway. Honestly, I fell asleep 3 times, and I'm truly interested in what she's trying to say. And, in fact, the substance of the speech is not important to the story line anyway other than it convinces everyone that Galt is the one person who can get the nation back on its feet. My wife also listened to it, but more for the hot love scenes. We also were able to discuss the failings of Rand's philosophy.