In a message dated 12/13/2002 12:29:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 04:36:10PM -0500, Gaertk at aol.com > wrote: >> I personally found _Atlas Shrugged_ quite enjoyable, >> though I should point out that I spent the time laughing >> AT the characters and the author. Also, the only reason I >> was reading it was that at the time I was frequenting >> rasfw.robert-jordan, and wanted to understand what >> alt.shrugged was parodying. > > You read thousand-page novels to get the payoff for a 5-10 > page comedy skit? Not often, but that time was worth it :) At first I tried to cheat and started at the chapter titled "Atlantis", and it took me several pages to realise that "Dagny" wasn't a mild expletive; it was always used in dialogue like "God, Dagny, when did you arrive?" or "Dagny! I hadn't heard you were here!" --KG