This book is amazing and disturbing. Rand makes a good argument, though I still don't really agree with her, I do agree with Howard Rourke, if that makes any sense. I listened to it on audio (Blackwell Audio - borrowed/downloaded from the public library). It took quite some time because I kept losing my place. I think this is one that needs rereading/relistening several times to get a better fix on the places where the reader's first impression may not actually be what Rand intended. Also, perhaps reading hardcopy now that I have listened might be helpful. It is a remarkable book. And, it is not a book about architecture...

Note: I am not reading this book to jump on any right-wing/libertarian bandwagon. I am just reading the book.

writing is superb and reading ayn rand has showed me what good writing is. I can't describe it but I know it when I read it. I read 298 pages, or 1/2, and quit bec. I saw the similarity to atlas shrugged and the long suffering but brilliant man and the woman who is subdued by him and yet still she spends all her time trying to ruin him. What the heck! I'd recommend one or the other of her books, but not both. ( )

Ayn Rand is a fascist. I never understood why people think they are the main characters in the book... ( )

This is by far one of my favorite reading experiences to date. The material was provoking, evocative, intelligent, and philosophical. Above all else within this novel is packaged a wonderful story with characters, while archetypes, that manage to feel truly tangible. The Fountainhead is the story of a man fighting for what he believes in. But above that, it's the story of every man who has ever gone against the status quo. It's a story not for the revolutionaries, but for that first man who sparked the change, whatever that change may be. It's an utterly fascinating work of literature and something I believe everyone should read at least once. ( )