re: I will never understand why Ayn Rand is so admired by my fellow conservatives

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She's also an absolutely horrible writer.

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How so? I'm not an objectivist, and don't agree with her all of her philosophy, but she was not a bad writer. Some books are better then others. I think the Fountainhead can stand on its own, and We the Living is quite powerful. I'm not as big a fan of Atlas Shrugged and Anthem, and maybe because both are more science fiction and I don't think she gave this genre justice.

Her philosophy and non-fiction can be overly terse at times, and I can maybe see your point here, but it does vary.