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In reply to the discussion: Atlas Shrugged: A Summary [View all]RZM
(8,556 posts)91. Interesting story about the book's publication
When Bennett Cerf, a head of Random House, begged her to cut Galts speech, Rand replied with what Heller calls a comment that became publishing legend: Would you cut the Bible? One can imagine what Cerf thought he had already told Rand plainly, I find your political philosophy abhorrent but the strange thing is that Rands grandiosity turned out to be perfectly justified.
In fact, any editor certainly would cut the Bible, if an agent submitted it as a new work of fiction. But Cerf offered Rand an alternative: if she gave up 7 cents per copy in royalties, she could have the extra paper needed to print Galts oration.
In fact, any editor certainly would cut the Bible, if an agent submitted it as a new work of fiction. But Cerf offered Rand an alternative: if she gave up 7 cents per copy in royalties, she could have the extra paper needed to print Galts oration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/books/review/Kirsch-t.html
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Pretty much, and if you read about her history, it's not hard to figure out why
Major Nikon
Aug 2012
#25
And to think I actually wanted to read this sophomoric crapola at one point in time.
HughBeaumont
Aug 2012
#6
He had a sense of humor, and I sometimes wonder if the race of Supermen was a joke...
Taverner
Aug 2012
#67
There are a number of books that I have read and have loved so much that I have bought many
libinnyandia
Aug 2012
#11
Glorying in the deaths of the innocents in that horrific train accident is pure evil
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2012
#16
It really justified selfish behavior to the point of being destructive to the nation as a whole.
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2012
#35
It is amazing how much damage one author and a couple of books have done to the country.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#40
Amazing this exhibit of mental ill-health was ever published, much less read. n/t
gkhouston
Aug 2012
#28
I wish you'd publish this as a pamphlet or a graphic novel or something.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2012
#62