# What are you reading? **URL:** \ **Category:** Out Of Pod Experience\ **Created:** [June 20, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205 "2017-06-20T17:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Yiole\_Gionglao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yiole_gionglao/32/374866_2.png) [@Yiole\_Gionglao](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Yiole_Gionglao)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/413 "2021-06-28T18:53:37Z")
Just remember that Ayn Rand was a psychopath and a dysfunctional disgrace of a human being, and anyone taking her seriously should consider to stop damaging his/her own brain. ---
**Author:** ![Xeux](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/xeux/32/428022_2.png) [@Xeux](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Xeux)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/414 "2021-06-28T19:45:02Z")
Reading her work is challenging. On the one hand, her arguments seem persuasive. On the other hand, we all know her ideas are completely unrealistic. It took me many years to process that. ---
**Author:** ![LordOdysseus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lordodysseus/32/422627_2.png) [@LordOdysseus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LordOdysseus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/415 "2021-06-28T21:51:04Z")
> [@Xeux](#): > > Most people consider Atlas Shrugged to be Ayn Rand’s obra maestra, not The Fountainhead. When I asked my phone’s virtual assistant which should I read first: The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged; it showed me a thread from /r/books where a user implied TF introduces A.R.'s ideas and A.S. expands on it. I thought reading the latter first would be like reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn before Tom Sawyer. That’s why I was in a dilemma. > [@Yiole\_Gionglao](#): > > Just remember that Ayn Rand was a psychopath and a dysfunctional disgrace of a human being, and anyone taking her seriously should consider to stop damaging his/her own brain. 😱 Is it that bad? I am always looking for any beneficial ideas from the books I read(even if there is only a single one) and apply them into my own life. ---
**Author:** ![Xeux](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/xeux/32/428022_2.png) [@Xeux](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Xeux)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/416 "2021-06-28T22:03:54Z")
Ayn Rand is a one note author. She has one core idea. There is no need to read multiple books. Plus, they are really long. Her books aren’t bad. They make strong arguments for meritocracy, personal excellence, and accountability. But when you compare that to the real world, her arguments seem pretty dated, since they are mostly used now as an excuse for rich, powerful people to do whatever they want, because those are the ubermench. ---
**Author:** ![LordOdysseus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lordodysseus/32/422627_2.png) [@LordOdysseus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LordOdysseus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/417 "2021-06-29T18:40:50Z")
Ok ok, I get the concept. I decided to go with The Alchemist. It is only 182 pages as opposed to TF’s 700. > **[The Alchemist](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18144590-the-alchemist)** > > Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and so... ---
**Author:** ![Ricky\_Tock](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ricky_tock/32/297351_2.png) [@Ricky\_Tock](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ricky_Tock)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/418 "2021-07-11T05:40:18Z")
The Fountainhead is the best romance novel I ever read. Atlas Shrugged was sluggish the second time around. Anyone who over-analyzes a novel could make a cult out of it. Ayn Rand beat everyone to the punch by starting her own. An obvious cash grab by an obvious capitalist. Anyone who takes a book too seriously is missing the fun. That said: Atlas Shrugged could have been much shorter, whereas The Fountainhead kept me for the character interactions. ---
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/419 "2021-07-16T09:08:37Z")
I haven’t had much time to read lately, but I’m just getting into “The Infinite Game” by Simon Sinek. ---
**Author:** ![LordOdysseus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lordodysseus/32/422627_2.png) [@LordOdysseus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LordOdysseus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/420 "2021-07-25T13:49:20Z")
I am 48% through Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. ---
**Author:** ![LordOdysseus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lordodysseus/32/422627_2.png) [@LordOdysseus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LordOdysseus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/421 "2021-07-27T09:57:32Z")
81% through the book. ---
**Author:** ![LordOdysseus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lordodysseus/32/422627_2.png) [@LordOdysseus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LordOdysseus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/422 "2021-07-27T12:02:48Z")
I finished reading two books in one week: Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist” > **[Amazon.com: The Alchemist eBook: Coelho, Paulo: Kindle Store](https://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho-ebook/dp/B00U6SFUSS)** > > The Alchemist - Kindle edition by Coelho, Paulo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Alchemist. and I finished reading Neale Donald Walsch’s first book in the “Conversations With God” series for the umpteenth time. > **[Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1 (Conversations with God...](https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-God-Uncommon-Dialogue-Book-ebook/dp/B00AYJIJ2S)** > > Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1 (Conversations with God Series) - Kindle edition by Walsch, Neale Donald. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. After this I may be reading Abraham Hicks’s book again, and on the side, I can move on to reading the 6th book in the Dresden Files series “Blood Rites”. > **[Amazon.com: Blood Rites: (The Dresden Files, Book 6) (The Dresden Files series)...](https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Rites-Dresden-Files-Book-ebook/dp/B003AT114M)** > > Amazon.com: Blood Rites: (The Dresden Files, Book 6) (The Dresden Files series) eBook: Butcher, Jim: Kindle Store ---
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/423 "2021-07-27T13:11:23Z")
I do love me some Harry Dresden. Currently I’m re-reading “The Andromeda Strain” by Michael Crichton. I just saw the 1970s movie for the first time, so I want to compare the two. ---
**Author:** ![Moriar\_theChosen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/moriar_thechosen/32/368191_2.png) [@Moriar\_theChosen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Moriar_theChosen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/424 "2021-07-27T13:18:48Z")
I was just given this collection of 7 short stories published by Radix Media, FUTURES. ![IMG_20210727_091704677](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/f/1/1/f11bae1914329dde7c2714f1118ac5221a03aa01.jpeg) I only read the first one, but so far, pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Morbius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ian_morbius/32/476592_2.png) [@Ian\_Morbius](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ian_Morbius)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/425 "2021-07-28T19:32:46Z")
Last week, finished reading The Complete Personal Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant, by Ulysses S. Grant. > **[Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Memoirs_of_U._S._Grant)** > > The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant is an autobiography by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focused mainly on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, and completed as he was dying of throat cancer in 1885. The two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death. > Twain created a unique marketing system designed to reach millions of veterans with a patriotic appeal just as Grant's death was being mourned. Ten thou... ---
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/426 "2021-08-03T21:10:40Z")
I finished Crichton’s “Andromeda Strain,” so now I’ve moved onto Asimov’s “Prelude to Foundation.” I read quite a lot of Asimov as a kid, but can’t remember if I read the Foundation series. I was going to read “The Andromeda Evolution,” but couldn’t get access to it just yet. ---
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/427 "2021-08-06T22:46:30Z")
“Prelude to Foundation” by Isaac Asimov was fairly interesting. I’ve moved onto “Forward the Foundation.” I prefer Bradbury to Asimov, but I can appreciate Asimov’s talent and influence on science fiction. ---
**Author:** ![LordOdysseus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lordodysseus/32/422627_2.png) [@LordOdysseus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LordOdysseus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/428 "2021-08-09T18:08:36Z")
I’ve read both, but I haven’t finished Foundation yet so I don’t have a verdict about it yet. Happy Belated National Book Lovers Day to all! What are you guys reading? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wadiest\_Yong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wadiest_yong/32/426921_2.png) [@Wadiest\_Yong](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wadiest_Yong)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/429 "2021-08-09T22:12:56Z")
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**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/430 "2021-08-16T14:34:33Z")
I just finished “Forward the Foundation” by Isaac Asimov. It was a bit of a slog to get through it, though the premise was interesting. I’m going to take a break from Asimov and probably turn my attention back to “The Andromeda Evolution,” the sequel to Crichton’s “The Andromeda Strain.” I’m usually leery of books that borrow an author’s name, but what I read of “The Andromeda Evolution” before piqued my interest. ---
**Author:** ![LordOdysseus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lordodysseus/32/422627_2.png) [@LordOdysseus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LordOdysseus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/431 "2021-08-16T15:22:28Z")
[https://www.goodreads.com/series/59386-foundation](https://www.goodreads.com/series/59386-foundation) You earned that break. You finished the 7th and the last book in Foundation series. Whenever I think about Andromeda Strain, I am reminded of the actor Kevin Sorbo for some reason… …after doing some research I realized it is just a name similarity. Kevin Sorbo happens to be the lead role in Gene Roddenberry’s “Andromeda”. Silly me. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Von\_DeMoreno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/von_demoreno/32/491525_2.png) [@Von\_DeMoreno](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Von_DeMoreno)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205/432 "2021-08-16T15:37:02Z")
I’m reading the Foundation series in the story’s chronological order, not by publication date, so I still have five or so books to go. I haven’t seen “Andromeda,” but I grew up watching Sorbo as Hercules. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205.md?page=20) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-are-you-reading/4205.md?page=22)