![]() ![]() The Christians As the Romans Saw Them, by Robert Wilken. The Fountainhead was my awakening about how crucial it is to read critically. If it was written in a book, I thought, it must be true. I saw authors as thoughtful and benevolent authorities. Before this I’d always read with an open heart. I realised that I hated the book – not the writing, but the ideas behind it. But I began to feel a sort of visceral disgust – as if I were being submerged into a tub of slime. For maybe the first 50 pages, I was hooked by the story. And Ayn Rand’s doorstoppers were everywhere, so I picked one, and started reading. At 15, I often chose books based on how thick they were – the thicker the better. But one that stands out was actually a negative experience: reading The Fountainhead. I had so many positive formative reading experiences as a teenager. ![]()
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