Fountainhead

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Summary: It stunk.
Review: The book The Fountainhead went against everything I have ever or will ever believe. I think Ayn Rand was temporarily insane and her characters show it in unusual ways. The only redeeming factor of the book was the great sex scenes. I can't wait for the movie

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Summary: Inspiring and absurd. A good read.
Review: The story an architect, Howard Roark, the quintessential Objectivist Man - uncompromising, aloof, independent. The book is thoroughly engaging, and holds your interest to the end, even if most of the characters are overblown and unbelievable. Should be read as fiction and not philosophy.

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Summary: every person with a will and ambition should read this book
Review: Ultimately, every man is alone. Yet man is terrified to accept this simple truth, and would rather conform to demands made by society to fit in. It might be degrading to our true inner selves to make such compromises, but lonliness is a bigger threat.I first read Ayn Rand's Atlus Shrugged when I was 17. Honestly speaking, i knew that much, much of what it had to say was beyond my grasp. I read The Fountainhead with much trepidition last year, at 20, and what I found most absorbing was the fact that I need not be afraid to be alone. If ever a book gives moral strength, it was this one. Maybe it is too much to read into from a piece of first class literature, but at an age when one is bound by social constraints and yet one is desperate to break free, when one hates oneself because one wants to be different, but is terrified of being shirked as different, one sees hope in a the people as the protagonists in this book. I do not know if such people really do existon this earth, but if ever i meet them (and there can't be that many) I would think myself lucky. It is a book to be read by everyone. It will be the experience of a lifetime.

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Summary: Love. Lust. Power. Greed. Sex. Betrayal. LIFE.
Review: An individual fighting for survival in a society that refuses to accept him. Feel his struggle. A successful young architect at the top of his field. Know his pain. A most desired women in love with the forbidden. See her beauty. A captain of the news world defending his position. Predict his fall. A master of society and the human cause. Enter his mind. An incredible novel by Ayn Rand. Experience your life

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Summary: Philosophically stimulating, excellently developed.
Review: This book is wonderful. It reads like a story, yet has the depth of an outstanding philosophical work... very easy to comprehend. I highly recommend this book to anyone with a high school reading level or above. If you admire egotists or are one yourself, you'll LOVE this book!!!

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Summary: Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead... A whole new world
Review: I must admit, when a friend said I should read this book, I was a bit hesitant. The book was kind of on the thick side, the cover was uninspiring, the name The Fountainhead? What was that? And I've never heard of Ayn Rand before. I opened the book and expected to be bored, the first few paragraphs were full of descriptions and I wondered how the hell I was going to finish it. Boy, was I wrong. They say never judge a book by it's cover. Don't.. judge this one. This book is about a man called Howard Rouark, an architect by birth. A man with vision and a gift a world was not ready for. It is a story of a struggle of a man who knew what he was born for, and it is not only his struggle. It is a human struggle, all the good and bad elements that make us what we are and what we will become. I won't fool you and say it doesn't open a whole new world of thought, you have to discover and recognize that for yourself. But I guarantee that you can not finish this book and not see the world differently. Just make sure when you are through, you can get your hands on a copy of Atlas Shrugged

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Summary: As humans we can only serve one master
Review: Right and wrong are brilliantly presented through characters the we love, hate and love again. We see what it is to be selfish and selfless in the same act. We search deep into our souls to find who we really are and sometimes we are dissappointed. This is a must read for anyone interested in searching deep into their own intilect and soul. It will force you to question your lifestyle as well as your personal foundation. You will not want the book to end, and when it does you may want to start writing your own!

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Summary: The Ayn Rand "Phase"
Review: After reading this book, you will either intensely love or hate the novelist/philosopher Ayn Rand. Her crisp, concise style of writing reflects the personality of the novel's hero, Howard Roark, as well as her belief in Objectivism and an Absolute Truth. The Fountainhead entices a reader to become caught up in the drama of a fast-paced plotline, while also asking that person to answer questions about personal beliefs, the political and social state of the world, and the nature of existence in general. It is not very difficult to enter an Ayn Rand "phase" of life as Hillary Clinton and Alan Greenspan have admitted to doing. From a more personal level, however, I highly recommend this thought-provoking novel to any curious person interested in more than just "existing" on this earth

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Summary: An ultimate alternative to normal existance
Review: The Fountainhead is another work by Ayn Rand expressing the theory of objectivism. It is philosophically challeging at times, but very easy to read. The book is about three people: a Modern Architect who loves his work more than money or himself, his friend who has not the necessary talent but, at first,knows how to give public what they want; and a newspaper columnist who perhaps understands everything that is going on around, but uses his knowledge as he wishes, which is not necessarily the best decision. The Fountainhead argues that the worst kind of people is the "second-handers", people who are ruling and supporting our society, sacrificing their inner self-respect for the sake of their outer ego. Overall, this work is terrific, it can be read both as philosophically challenging novel and serious but entertaining book. And it is great in both.

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Summary: A triumphant philosophical manifesto
Review: In this 1942 novel, Ayn Rand established the basic tenets of her philosphy of Objectivism, with the creation of her -- "ideal'-- man, Howard Roark. Loosely based on Frank Lloyd Wright, Howard Roark represents the idea of the individual against the collective. Ayn Rand grew up during the time of the Russian Revolution and built her philosophy accordingly